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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR. MCCARTHY BENEDICT"<jacob_q@myway.com>
Reply-To: mccarthybenedict@gawab.com
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:46:07 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MCCARTHY BENEDICT




3/5 RIDER HAGGARDCLOSE, JO, BORTO:SOUTH AFRICA.EMAIL : mccarthybenedict@gawab.com(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD}ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARATTENTION: CEO,Dear Sir,I am Mr. Mccarthy Benedict. the Auditor General of one of the primebanks here South Africa, during the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1995 and since 1998nobody has operated on this account again,after going through some oldfiles in the records I discovered that the owner of the account diedwithout a [heir] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit thismoney out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is Mr. Allan P.Seaman, aforeigner, and an industrialist, and he died, since 1996. and no otherperson knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the accounthas no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well thatAllan P. Seaman until his death was the manager Diamond Safari
[pty].S.A.We will start the first transfer with twenty six million [$26,000.000]upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, weshall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to youraccount.The amount involved is (USD 126 M) One hundred andtwenty six million United States Dollars only. I want to first transfer$26,000.000 [Twenty six million United States Dollar] from this moneyinto a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I don?t knowany foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid internationalforeign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with validinternational passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because themoney is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Allan P. Seaman is a foreigner too,and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.However, we will sign abinding agreement, to bind us together.I am
revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never letme down in this business. Send also your private telephone and faxnumber including the full details of the account to be used for thedeposit.I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign abinding agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe.Before we fly toyour country for withdrawal,sharing and investments.I need your fullco-operation to make this work fine, Because the management is ready toapprove this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you,upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction ofa key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down.Withmy influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer thismone!
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to any foreigner?s reliable account which you can provide withassurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all documentsof transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace toany place and to build confidence you can come immediately to discusswith me face to face after which I will make this remittance in yourpresence and three of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account.I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from youthat you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I willuse my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onwardtransfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance fromthe relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the totalamount, 70% will be for me, while 8% will be for expenses both
partiesmight have incurred during the process of transferring, while 2% forcharity, as a mark of God's gratitude for the blessing.Please,I look forward to your earliest reply through this my privateemail address: mccarthybenedict@gawab.comRegards,Mr. Mccarthy Benedictmccarthybenedict@gawab.com





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