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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. Kent Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjudyiheanacho@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 13:01:53 -0800
Subject: Please Reply Immediately

Dear Friend,



Greetings in the name of God please let this not sound strange to you
for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year. I prayed and got your email id from your country's Christian
guest
book which I have been with my late husband and liked to visit once
more
if God will in his infinite mercies.



I am Mrs. Kent Brown I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long time
cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain, from all indication
my
conditions is really 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. I 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 Christians. 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 my Bank.



Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote
me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping
it
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 in Switzerland 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 baby’s home.


I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
churches, 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.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. You
are requested to send to me the following information to enable me use
it to write a Letter of Authorization on your behalf to the bank so
that
they will release the money to you as my new next of kin.


NAME: _________

SURNAME:____________

SEX: _____

AGE: _____

MARITAL:_______________

COUNTRY:________________

CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________

PHONENO#___________

OCCUPATION:_______________



Hoping to hear from you soon.


Mrs. Kent Brown

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