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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 Esther D.Parr" <mrsesther70@hotmail.co.za>
Reply-To: mrsesther121@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:15:30 +0200
Subject: Make Your Reply, Quick.


Hello my dear beloved.
This is very important and urgent and that is my reason of writing to you,=
please Dear.
=

I am Mrs. Deborah E. Parrboat from republic of Ireland, born in the state o=
f Ohio USA. I am legally married to Mr. Hilary Hendrick Parrboat, a South A=
frica 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=2019s retirement in 1984, I am 71 years old by the grace of Go=
d. I am a God fearing person, and I respect humanity and nature. Actually, =
it is also the reason I contacted you because I know you are God fearing pe=
rson, as I noticed it from your profile before I decided to contact you for=
this. =

I am suffering from long time (illness) cancer of the breast. This illness=
(CANCER) has troubled me for a long time, and all indications from my doc=
tor is that my condition is really deteriorating and getting worse; and it =
is quite obvious that I wouldn=2019t live more than three months, according=
to my doctor and in all indication regards to medical analysis and dialysi=
s. This is because the cancer disease has gotten to a very bad stage and sp=
eedily spread that and there is no hope for me to be a living again. My dea=
r husband was involved in the January 2000 Kenya airways plane crashed as y=
ou can see on the news line web site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/662=
7485.stm )
=

40 years period of marriage life and we could not produce any child, my lat=
e husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited some part of hi=
s business and money in the bank. The doctor has advised me that I may not =
live for more than (3) three months and 2 weeks and warn me to stop thinkin=
g over who is going to inherit me and the wealth. Based on that, today I ha=
ve 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-e=
ast and around other parts of the world. I made this decision after listeni=
ng to the news line about 100 years old woman who secretly donated her fort=
une and wealth upon her death, As you read it here http://www.youtube.com/=
watch?v=3Do8o-e-ilsum


I choose to contact you after viewing your profile information and I have =
the confidence in you because, I have prayed to God for me to contact you o=
ne day and I am happy that it has come to reality. I am donating this sum o=
f $20.5million USdollars, to the less privileged of which you will be respo=
nsible in taking care of the disbursement and sharing of this money to orga=
nizations that I will appoint in your country and some other places around =
the world. 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 compensa=
tion (shear) for helping me to fulfill this WILL of donation. =

=

Please I want you to note that this fund is still in the bank where my lat=
e husband and I deposited it. I am going to advice my banker to change my l=
ast will to your name and file in an application for the transfer of the mo=
ney in your name and to your account. Lastly, I honestly pray that this mon=
ey when transferred to your account will be used for this purpose even if I=
may be dead or alive, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisi=
tion is not always the final thing in life or death if you do not help peop=
le around. =

=

Please bear it in mind that every document will be changed to your name an=
d the money will rightfully belong to your name as quickly as I get your re=
ply. 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 throug=
h this email:( mrsesther121@gmail.com )
=

May God=2019s grace guide and see you through as you help me in the fulfill=
ment of this desire. God bless you and your family. Please for further disc=
ussion; write to me with this email address: ( mrsesther121@gmail.com )
=

You can call me immediately you receive this mail (+27-79-440-5094)
=

I await urgent reply.
Regards,
Mrs. Deborah E. Parrboat.

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