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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: "Mrs Antonia Aaron" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.antoniaaaron11@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:27:58 +0100
Subject: BELOVED PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Greetings to you my beloved,Please let this not sound strange to you for myonly surviving
lawyer who would have done this died early this year.

I prayed and got your email id from your country guest book. I am Mrs Antonia Aaron from
London,I am 67 years old,i am suffering from a long time cancer ofthe lungs which also
affected my brain.From all indication my conditions isreally deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next
two months,this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late husband for twenty
years without a child,my husband died in a fatal motor accident Before his death we were
true believers.Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings
and deposited all the sum of 10 million dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still with the bank and the management just wrote me to come
forward and claim my money because they have kept it for so long or rather issue a letter
of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because
of my illness or they get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer of the lungs. My doctors have told me that I have only a few months
to live.It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organization of your
choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the motherless
babies home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund church,mosque,orphanages
and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank.I will also issue
you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund.

Provide me with your information so i can send it to the bank as the newbeneficiary and
issue you a letter of authorization.
FULL NAMES:__________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL
STATUS:_______________COUNTRY: ______
CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________PHONE NO#___________FAX
NO#_________________
OCCUPATION:______________

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Hoping to hear
from you soon.


Mrs Antonia Aaron

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