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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. Parrboat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsestherparrboat@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 09:12:31 +0200
Subject: I Believe You Can Help119

My Kind Regards to You and Your Family!!!
With honor and respect to you and your family, I am writing to you from the deepest part of my heart regardless of my situation in the hospital bed here; because you are my only hope.
This is importantly urgent that is my reason of contacting you, but however; kindly reply quickly enough before anything happens to me. I have initially sent you messages twice to this particular email address in the past week but, I am yet to receive your reply. It will be good if you could kindly let me know whether this email address of yours is still active and working by replying to this message and the request I am making herein below, as it is very urgent.
 
Actually, the reason I tried severally to reach you is because, I am willing to DONATE and change my WILL to your names to benefit this sum of USD$30.5, Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($30,500,000USD), for the help of the less privileged and I am Mrs. Esther. D. Parr I was born in the state of Ohio-USA. I am legally married to Mr. Hilary Hendricks Parrboat, a South Africa citizen brought up in Switzerland, where we married and lived for 22 years 
Kindly and quickly do your best to get back to me as soon as possible once you received this message, because my health condition in the hospital here is critical and I do not have much hope to live longer as the doctors' reports have indicated. The cancer (leukemia) has overwhelmed my body system and blood stream. It is really critical and painful for me as I am speaking to you, I will be undergoing an intensive blood transfusion next week and I do not know my hope of surviving it, so please reply quickly for this project and transfer of the fund to be started immediately by my banker.
 
The Grace of GOD Almighty, be with you and your family as I wait for your quick response to this message providing to me your direct phone numbers, for more verbal conversations.
Kindly reply quickly to this email and equally call me if you can.
 
Phone     (+27-79-440-5094 )
I wait for your urgent reply as you remain blessed.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Esther  D. Parrboat.

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