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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Elena Alba Blake Mora" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:34:40 +0200
Subject: In good faith

Dearest one,

My name is Mrs. Elena Alba Blake Mora, Wife to late Fransico Blake Mora from Mexico. I am sorry to have contacted you without your prior notice, this is a matter of utmost importance. I contacted you out of luck and goodwill with hope of getting your urgent attention. I need to discuss with you on my propose project in your country. I currently write you from my sickbay in an Hospital in Madrid Spain, due this that is why i had no other option than to make this in prompt contact to you.

I have a charity project that is dear to my heart which I wish to partner with you to help the orphanage,less privileged and research centers for incurable medical disorders in all part of the world especially to all suffering children and women and victims of natural disasters all over the world.

My family has been blessed many years and since the death of my husband in a crash in Santa Catarina Atoyzingo south of Mexico city in 2011, I am left with a fortune amounting to Twelve Million US$12,750.000.00 (Twelve Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) that I now intend to donate to charity project because I was diagnosis with Breast cancer five years ago, but in the cause of the treatment by chemotherapy drugs it has gone worst, presently, i have developed a Blood disease called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) which has defiled all forms of medical treatment.

Since I am counting down on the days I have to live. I have been touched to donate from what I have made from my late husband and the world to charity through you for the good work of humanity, rather than allow my husband's relatives that plotted his death to use our hard earned money inappropriately after my death.

If you are interested and willing to work out this project for me, please reply back on my private email:

(fundacion.elena.mora@gmail.com) so that I can details you accordingly and give you all details that will enable you have access to the funds where it was deposited by my late husband.

I am waiting for your reply urgently because i have no much time to live.

Best regards,

Mrs. Elena Alba Blake Mora

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