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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: "Mike Ben" <drmikebenconsultant@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drmikeben404@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:08:13 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Good Day Friend.

I am Dr,Mike Ben, an international business consultant.

One of my client is interested in investing Millions of
Dollars in your country and he is interested in
investing with your company.

kindly forward all your company's profile to me for
immediate decision on the investment programme.

Total amount to be invested= $75,000,000,00.usd cash.

Immediately I receive your detailed information, I will
inform him about your willinness to champion the
project effectively and feed you with his arrangements
on how the said fund could reach you.

Anticipating your immediate reply for more details on
this private E-mail: ( drmikeben404@o2.pl )

Best regards
Dr.Mike Ben

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