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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Anna Dulce Estavan" <annadulcestavan@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: annadulceestavan@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 02:13:14 +0800
Subject: Honor!

Dear Beloved,

My name is Mrs. Anna Dulce Estavan. I am 78 years old woman living in United Kingdom.
“Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
(Ecclesiastes 1:2).” I am a dying woman who God has touched in a glorious way to
fulfill His blessing toward charity/less privilege.

Two (2) year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I have asked God for forgiveness and I
believed He has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation on
Friday, which the Doctor has indirectly said is 50/50 chance of surviving. Beloved, I
got your contact from a business directory and picked you randomly for this project.

I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $9.8m USD (Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand
Dollars) to you for the good work of God. At the moment I cannot take any telephone
calls right now reason to the fact that my relatives (That have
squandered the funds I gave them for this purpose before) are around me and health
status also and I am sending you this letter with the help of a lady nurse here.

My family lawyer is aware of the fact that I will adjust my WILL, I will advice you
contact him with the following details for WILL adjustment (Full Name, Telephone Number
and Country of Resident) and once received by him; he will notify me in the hospital to
signed the necessary column of the WILL. My Family Lawyer information is Mr. Martin
Beard email: martinbeard@blumail.org United Kingdom. He will instruct you on every step/
information needed to get this money. Mine while, keep this information for future use:
*PAG/WDS/95773/50015/MSVD/3196NL.

All I ask of you is to make sure that you use this money for the work of God to fulfill
His divine purpose and favor to humanity. It is clear that I don't know you BUT God
known you more than I can ever do. For this cause I bow my knees, May the Lord bless
you abundantly as you fulfill this mystery toward charity and Humanitarian service.
Thus, you are to use 50% of the funds deposited ($9.8m USD) for this Humanitarian
Mission while the other 50% goes to you for your faithfulness toward God and mankind.

Lastly, I want you to pray for me regarding my health situation, because I have come to
find out that to everything there is a season; and a time to every purpose under the
heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1–8) May the Grace of our Lord, the love of God, and the sweet
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever more, Amen.

Yours Faithfully

Mrs. Anna Dulce Estavan

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