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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 Hillary H. Agnes" <mrsalary@MSN.COM>
Reply-To: <hmrsagnes@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:45:38 +0200
Subject: Greting To You.


Hello my dear beloved.
God bless you and your family, as you will benefit from this.
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I am Mrs. Agnes Hilary from London United Kingdom, born in the state of O=
hio USA. I am legally married to Mr. Hilary Felix, a British citizen born =
and brought up in USA, I live in Switzerland with my husband for 32 years=
before we move down to UK in 1985 after my husband retirement in 1984, I a=
m 75 years old by the grace of god. I am a God fearing person, and I am s=
uffering from long time (illness) cancer of the bone (leukemia). this illne=
ss has troubled me for a long time. All indications from my doctor and medi=
cal analysis is that, my condition is really deteriorating and getting wors=
e; and it is quite obvious that I will not live more than three months, alt=
hough it is God who decides. This is because the cancer disease has gotten =
to a very bad stage that there is no hope for me to be living again. My dea=
r husband was involved with the January 2000 Kenya airways plane crashed as=
you can see on the news line website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/66=
27485.stm )
=20
40 years period of my marriage life, still we could not produce any child, =
my late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited some part=
of his business and money in the bank. Today I have decided to donate and =
contribute to you, your Country and to the less privileges, charity homes, =
and orphanage homes and to those displaced by wars going on in the middle-e=
ast and around the world.=20
=20
I choose you after viewing your profile and I have the confident in you bec=
ause I have prayed and believed God that you can handle this process goodly=
. I am willing to donate the sum of GBP=A312.5, million British pound, to t=
he less privileged of which you will be responsible in taking care of the d=
isbursement and sharing of this money to organizations that I will appoint.=
Meanwhile, you will also get 30% of the above amount which will be; Three=
million, seven hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds (gbp=A33,7=
50,000) as your compensation for helping me fulfill this desire of donation=
.=20
=20
Please I want you to know that this fund is still in the bank where my la=
te husband deposited it, I am going to advice my BANKER/lawyer to change my=
last will to your name and file in an application for the transfer of the =
money in your name. Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferre=
d to your account will be used for this purpose whether I am late then or a=
live, Please bear it in mind that all the money will rightfully be changed =
to your names and will belong to your names as quickly as I get your reply,=
and I made the promise to God that the fund will be used to help the needy=
and the less privilege. Please reply to QUICKLY.
=20
May the grace and love of our LORD Almighty be with you and your family, p=
lease for further discussion, reply to me with my email address ( magnesh70=
@yahoo.com )
=20
I await for your urgent reply.
remain blessed
Mrs. Agnes Hilary.=20

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