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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: kosmos@mbox.contact.bg
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:18:45 +0300
Subject: RE: Thank you for the quick reply


HELLO MY DEAR BELOVED.
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: mrsestherboat@gmail.com
This is important and urgent and that is my reason of writing to contact you,
please.

I AM MRS. DEBORAH E. PARBOAT FROM REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, BORN IN THE STATE OF OHIO
USA. I AM LEGALLY MARRIED TO MR. HILARY PARBOAT, A SOUTH AFRICA CITIZEN BORN
BROUGHT UP IN SWITZERLAND, I LIVED IN SWITZERLAND WITH MY HUSBAND FOR 32 YEARS
BEFORE WE MOVED DOWN TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 1985 AFTER MY HUSBAND’S RETIREMENT IN
1984, I AM 71 YEARS OLD BY THE GRACE OF GOD. I AM A GOD FEARING PERSON, AND I
RESPECT HUMANITY AND NATURE. I AM SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME (ILLNESS) CANCER OF
THE BREAST. THIS ILLNESS (SICKNESS) HAS TROUBLED ME FOR A LONG TIME.

ALL INDICATIONS FROM MY DOCTOR THAT MY CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND
GETTING WORSE; AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WOULDN’T LIVE MORE THAN THREE
MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTOR AND IN ALL INDICATION REGARDS TO MEDICAL
ANALYSIS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER DISEASE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE
THAT AND THERE IS NO HOPE FOR ME TO BE A LIVING PERSON AGAIN. MY DEAR HUSBAND
WAS INVOLVED IN THE JANUARY 2000 KENYA AIRWAYS PLANE CRASHED AS YOU CAN SEE ON
THE NEWS LINE WEB SITE. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6627485.stm )

40 YEARS PERIOD OF MARRIAGE LIFE, AND 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. THE DOCTOR HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE
FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AND 2 WEEKS AND WARN ME TO STOP THINKING OVER WHO IS
GOING TO INHERIT ME AND THE WEALTH. BASED ON THAT, TODAY I HAVE DECIDED TO
DONATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGES, CHARITY HOMES, AND ORPHANAGE
HOMES AND TO THOSE DISPLACED BY WARS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE-EAST AND AROUND
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. I MADE THIS DECISION AFTER LISTING TO THE NEWS LINE
ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD WOMAN WHO SECRETLY DONATED HER FORTUNE AND WEALTH UPON HER
DEATH,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8o-e-iLsUM

I CHOOSE YOU AFTER VIEWING YOUR PROFILE INFORMATION AND I HAVE THE CONFIDENT IN
YOU BECAUSE I HAVE PRAYED FOR ME TO REACH AND CONTACT YOU ONE DAY AND I AM
HAPPY THAT IT HAS COME TO REALITY. I AM WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF
$20.5MILLION U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED OF WHICH YOU WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE IN TAKING CARE OF THE DISBURSEMENT AND SHARING OF THIS MONEY TO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT I WILL APPOINT IN YOUR COUNTRY. MEANWHILE, YOU WILL ALSO GET
30% OF THE MONEY WHICH WILL BE; SIX MILLION AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($6,150,000.00), AS YOUR COMPENSATION FOR HELPING ME TO FULFILL THIS DESIRE OF
DONATION.

PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS STILL IN THE BANK WHERE MY LATE
HUSBAND DEPOSITED IT. I AM GOING TO ADVICE MY BANKER 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 TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT
WILL BE USED FOR THE SAID PURPOSE EVEN IF I MAY BE LATE THEN OR ALIVE, BECAUSE
I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION IS NOT ALWAYS THE FINAL THING
IN LIFE OR DEATH IF YOU DO NOT HELP PEOPLE AS WELL WHEN THEY NEED IT.

PLEASE BEAR IT IN MIND THAT EVERY DOCUMENT WILL BE CHANGED TO YOUR NAME AND THE
MONEY WILL RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO YOUR NAME AS QUICKLY AS I GET YOUR REPLY. I
MADE THE PROMISE TO GOD THAT THE FUND WILL BE USED TO HELP THE NEEDY AND THE
LESS PRIVILEGE, Reply to me as soon as you get this message through this email:
mrsestherboat@gmail.com

MAY GOD’S grace guide and see you through as you help me in the fulfillment of
this desire. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. PLEASE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION,
WRITE TO ME WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
Reply me through this email: mrsestherboat@gmail.com

YOU CAN CALL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL (+27-78-649-9716)


I AWAIT URGENT REPLY.
REGARDS,
MRS. DEBORAH ESTHER PARRBOAT.



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