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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 Alura Esther <jacobuz2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Aluraesther@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:17:36 -0800
Subject: Greetings And God Bless You

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Dear friend,

Can you have time to do this?

It is a pleasure to have contact with you, based on the critical
condition I find myself, however, is not a financial problem, but my
health, you may have known that cancer is not what to talk about at
home I have been in the hospital for 5 months now, My name is Mrs.
Alura Esther I am married to Dr. Anthony Alura, who worked with
the Tunisian embassy in United Kingdom nine years before he died in
2015. We were married for eleven years without Children. He died after
a brief illness that lasted five days.

please I want you to help me use this money US $ 5.5 million (FIVE
million FIVE hundred thousand dollars) for
orphans and poor old people who have Nothing to eat In your
community it is my spirit direction that I choose you to help me
complete this offer i really need sincere and honest person.

I am a cancer patient and now my doctors told me that i have
Coronavirus and I do not have a long time to live because of the
disease problem and I don't want to live this money in the bank
Instead I decided to use it for older people who can't work again and
orphans who have nothing to eat,Can you have time to do this? On your
return i will tell you more on what i want

I want a person who is trustworthy that I will make the beneficiary of
my late husband's fund deposited with the bank so that the person can
get the money and utilize 70% percent of this money for charity
purposes toward humanitarian work helping the less fortunate ones and
sick people and 30% percent out of the total funds will be for your
personal use as your compensation for helping me to do this work since
my present health condition could not permit me to do it by my self.

I wait your answer.
My greetings,
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Alura Esther

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