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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 Mike Aston <mrsmikieashton@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:40:45 -0700
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY

REPLY URGENTLY

From Mrs Mikie Aston ,.........

Hello My Beloved One In Christ I greet you with the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, It is true that this letter may come to you as a surprise.
Nevertheless,

I humbly ask you to give me your attention and hear me well. My name is Mrs
Mikie Aston from Australia. I am married to Dr Ashton Trevor Calvert A C,
Who was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade between April 1998 and January
2005. before he died.

We were married for 15 years without a child before he died after a brief
illness. Since his death I decided not to remarry due to my religious
belief. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$6. 5m
(Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United State American dollars ) with
a Bank here, presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank here
.

Recently my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Four months
due to cancer. Having known my condition I decided to donate this money to
churches, organizations or good people that will utilize this money the way
I am going to instruct herein. I want this money to be used for Charity
organizations, orphanages, widows and other hopeless people that are in
need . l took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit this money . Moreover, my husband's relatives are not close to me
since I developed a Cancer problem and it had been their wish to see me
dead in order to inherit his wealth since we have no Child. These people
are not worthy of this inheritance. This is why I am making this decision.
I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
ill-health

As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of the Bank
here, where this money is deposited I will also issue a letter of
authorization to the bank that will prove you the present beneficiary of
this money and also remember me in your prayers..

Any delay in your reply may give me room to look for another good person
for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated here,

Contact me directly to this email mrsmikieashton@gmail.com

Hoping to receive your response soon..
Thanks and Remain blessed .
Yours, sister in the Lord.

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