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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. Libue Helenn" <brownmic47@gmail.com>
Reply-To: libuehelenn232@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:45:04 +0700
Subject: I will wait your urgent response.Mrs. Libue Helenn




Hello,

Greetings in the name of Our Lord. I pray that this email will reach you
at the best of time. And i pray that God will accomplish this sincere
wish through you. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His
ears are open to their prayers; But the face of the Lord is against those
who do Evil."1 Peter 3:12

I live in London,Uk. I inherited sum funds from my late husband. Due to
my failing health, i decided to donate parts of the funds to charity
Organizations around where i live and reserved the balance for distance
Organizations or individual so that the wish of my husband and i will
prevail. Presently, the funds are in the bank in Cyprus. Since the death
of my husband, i have been alone until my health started failing seriously
and there is nothing else that could come to my mind than donating this
funds to individuals and charitable Organizations for the glory of God.
Having no child. If you are interested, my wish is that you take 40% of
the funds and give the rest to charity Organization or individuals in
need or the poor. This funds is well documented and has an Affidavit of
Oath ready.

The commissioner of oath in the federal ministry of justice will send a
copy of this document to the Bank as a confirmation of legal funds
transfer. With that document, the Bank will transfer the fund to your
would be account as the new beneficiary of the fund ok. You will contact
the bank immediately after you have confirmed to me your readiness to
handle the transaction and i will instruct the bank to transfer the funds
to your would be account as soon as possible. I will be going for medical
check up as directed by my doctor in a little time. The earlier the
better. I will wait your urgent response.

Below is the information of this account in case of any question from the
Bank.

My late husband: Engr. Libue.
Date of deposit: 12 Feb. 2001
Account number: SGBCI-CI-018700414
Type of account: General: Trust account.
Amount: US$10.500.000.00.


Thanks.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Libue Helenn

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