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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. Libue Helenn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <libuserebensteigerova@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:40:40 -0700
Subject: Greetings ///

Hello,
 
Greetings in the  name of Our Lord. I pray that this email will reach you at the best of time. And i pray that God  will accomplish this sincere wish through you. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; But the face of the Lord is against those who do Evil."1 Peter 3:12
 
I live in  London,Uk. I inherited sum funds from my late husband. Due to my failing health, i decided to donate parts of the funds to charity Organizations around where i live and reserved the balance for distance  Organizations or individual so that the wish of my husband and i will prevail. Presently, the funds are in the bank . Since the death of my husband, i have been alone until my health started failing seriously and there is nothing else that could come to my mind than donating this funds to individuals and charitable Organizations for the glory of God. Having no child. If you are interested, my wish is that you take 40% of the funds and give the rest to charity  Organization or individuals in need or the poor. This funds is well documented and has an Affidavit of Oath ready.
 
The commissioner of oath in the  ministry of justice will send a copy of this document to the Bank as a confirmation of legal funds transfer. With that  document, the Bank will transfer the fund to your would be account as the new beneficiary of the fund ok. You will contact the bank immediately after you have confirmed to me your readiness to handle the transaction and i will instruct the bank to  transfer the funds to your would be account as soon as possible. I will be going for medical check up as directed by my doctor in a little time. The earlier the better. I will wait your urgent response.
 
Below is the information of this account in case of any question from the Bank.
 
My late husband: Engr. Libue.
Date of deposit: 12 Feb. 2001
Account number: SGBCI-CI-018700414
Type of account: General: Trust account.
Amount: US$10.500.000.00.
 
 
Thanks.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mrs. Libue Helenn

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