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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 Esther Christopher <saori0516giapponese@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Esther Christopher <estherchristo111@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:45:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greeting in the name of Almighty God The Supreme and Most Merciful


Greeting in the name of Almighty God The Supreme and Most Merciful

Please don’t be surprise by receiving my message, i am currently sending you this mail from my sick bed in the hospital despite my critical condition But don't worry, All i hope is that you will not betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you. I have to thank God this moment for his direction as regards this mission,

I am Mrs Esther Christopher  from switzerland I am married to Late Mr.Paul Christopher who is a wealthy business man here in Ivory Coast we were married for many years with out a child before he died after a brief illness Before his sudden death we where devoted Christian When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Three Million USD ($3.000.000.00) in one of the bank here in Ivory Coast Presently this money is still with the Bank,

and i am suffering  from Ischemic Heart Disease that I may not live long according to medical experts and I am currently undergoing a great humiliation from my husband's relatives because i don't have a child, so i decided to donate this money to a honest individual who will help me distribute the Fund which I inherited from my Late husband to different orphanage homes, widow, and the less privileged people to fulfill the vow i and my late husband made to God.I want you to take 15% of the total $3,000,000.00 for your efforts and use the remaining one as i stated,

and i have chosen you after praying,
 
Please i  want this money to be use as i stated above since i do not have any child to inherit it and our relatives are all unbelievers and i don't want our hard earn money to be use in ungodly way,

i will give you more details as soon as i read from you. Writing from sick bed.

Looking forward for your response.

Your Sister in the Lord

Mrs Esther Christopher

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