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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 Laura Edinberg <mrjimhayes35@gmail.com>
Reply-To: princesschristabel896@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 02:55:44 -0600
Subject: Can You Fulfil My Last Wishes?

Dearest Beloved,

I know that this letter might be a surprise to you, I came across your
email contact from my personal search and I instructed the doctor here
in this hospital to help me email you and I believe that you will be
honest to fulfill my final wish before I will die.

I am Mrs Laura Edinberg from Spain , I am 78 years old, I am deaf and
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast. From all indication
my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctor have courageously
advised me that I may not live beyond the next two months, this is
because the cancer stage has reached a critical extent, of which I am
having difficulties unable to move my entire body. I was brought up in
a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late husband for
thirty nine years without a child.

My husband and I are true Christians, we lived all day in Victoria
Island , since he was working here as a contractor, but quite
unfortunately, he killed in a car accident. Before his death, I sold
all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $28.3million
dollars with a Barclays Bank Newton Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Presently, this fund is still in the Bank, and the management of the
Bank has wrote a letter to me as the rightful Legitimate beneficiary
to come forward to receive the money after keeping 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 as a result of my present cancer
illness situation and the global pandemic, otherwise they get it
confiscated. Presently, I'm with my laptop computer in a hospital
where I have been undergoing treatment. I have since lost my ability
to talk and my doctor have told me that I have only a few months to
live.

It is my last wish to see that this fund is invested in any
organization of your choice and distributed each year among the
charity organization, the poor and the motherless baby's home where I
grew up from. I want your good humanitarian, to also use this money to
fund churches, orphanages and widows around.

I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had to
take a bold step towards this issue because I have no further option.
I hope you will help see my last wishes to come true.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my
lawyer to work and source for the required necessary and legal paper
to proof you as the accredited person I sent to receive the fund
presently at the Barclays Bank Newton Yorkshire, United Kingdom. I
will also issue a letter of authorization to the bank, which will
prove that you are the rightful beneficiary of my funds. Please assure
me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hope to hear from
you soonest.

I await your immediate and urgent response my beloved.

Yours in Christ,

Mrs Laura Edinberg.

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