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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. Agnes Hilary" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hhilaryagnes@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 00:10:50 +0200
Subject: I Hope You Reply226

My Dear Beloved,
It is so unfortunate and disappointing to me that, I have not yet received any response from you, since I sent the first message to you, But I Still pray that God bless you and your family, as you will benefit from this with if you can reply quickly.
 
I am Mrs. Agnes Hilary from London United Kingdom, born in the state of Ohio USA. I am legally married to Mr. Hilary Felix, a British citizen born and brought up in USA, I live in Switzerland with my husband for 32 years before we move down to U.K in 1985 after my husband's retirement in 1984.I am 75 years old by the grace of God, I am a God fearing person, and I am suffering from long time (< /FONT>During the 40 years period of my marriage life, still 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. Today I have decided to donate and contribute toyou, your Country and to the less privileged, charity homes, and orphanage homes and to those displaced by wars going on in the middle
 
I choose you after viewing your profile (information) and I have confidence in you because I have prayed and believed God that you can handle this process well. I am willing to donate the sum of GBP£12.5,million British pounds, 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. Meanwhile, you will also get 30% of the above amount which will be; Three million, seven hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds (£3,750,000GBP) as your compensation for helping me fulfill th is desir e of donation. Please I want you to know that this fund is still in the bank where my late husband deposited it, I am going to advise my BANKER/Lawyer to change my last will to your name and file 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 this purpose whether I am Dead then or Alive, Please bear it in mind that all the money will rightfully be changed to your names and will belong to your names as quickly as I get your reply, and I made the promise to God that the fund will be used to help the needy and the less privilege. Please reply QUICKLY.
May the Grace and Love of our GOD Almighty be with you and your family, please for further discussion, reply to me with my email address( agneshillary75@yahoo.com )
Please Call Me As Quickly As You Receive This Message (+44-77-001- 84833 )
I wait for your urgent reply.
Remain blessed
Mrs. Agnes Hilary.

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