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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: mary benjamin <mary_benjamin002@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:16:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Get BACK TO ME


Dear Pastor Ised,

Bless you.Thanks for your encouragement and prayers.your kind of persons has really won my heart by keeping to your promise.According to my scripture,all things walketh together to them that love Christ Jesus. I am sorry for my late response to your mail, that was because of my present condition of health. However I received the questions which you want me to answer, Right now Am very sick and can not be able to answer these questions due to what am passing through here in the hospital.

May God give you the courage and wisdom to go about that which you have chossen,and to keep it top secret, be assured that his job done in his way will never lack his supply.Like i promised, i want to tell you a bit of myself also for your better undersatnding.Presently my doctors have already told me that i will die in three months time.Initialy,I had no problem what so ever with my husband before his death,but after his death, the family members do not want to see me alife because i converted their only son to christianity.
They have succeeded in taking all that belongs to him away from me with the exception of this money that my husband kept with with the private security firm.And this is because they do not have any idea about it.

Beloved, this is my inheritance because my husband left it in my name. they called me demanding that i should tell them if there is any other thing my husband left that they do not know off, because according to them i can not survive this illness. i want to believe that this is only the lie of the devil from the pit of hell.my recovery is not by any body's opinion;
Remember my first mail to you that some part of the money will be used in charity homes,and helping the less priviledges.

This is why i want to donate for the work of God, for the up-keep of the poor and needy, and to make you the custodian of it.I want you to be the custodian of these fund.

Meanwhile, i have forwarded your contact information to my late husband laywer, so that he can direct you on the process to get this fund out of the security firm and transfered you.

I will give you the contact information of my late husband`s lawyer so that you can contact him immediately as to enable him give you the contact of the security firm where the fund is being deposited for safe-keeping as soon as i hear from you.Please try to be fast in replying my mails.

Thanks and remain blessd.
Mary Benjamin






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