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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: benson salamutu <bensalam14@live.com>
Reply-To: <bensalamutu@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:52:56 +0100
Subject: Urgent plase Get Bcak To Me It,s Important,



>From Dr.Benson Salam

Greetings to you,

We are a Corporate Financial Service Provider in West Africa. We had a Customer who deposited (5.250 million pounds with one of our affiliate bank and eventually Died in a plane crash in 2002 without any reference to the trace of the relatives or next of kin.


In accordance with the West African Trust and Federal Laws, at the Expiration of 6 (six) years, his investments with our Financial Trust Shall revert to ownership of the government of the country of the said Investments if nobody applies as the next of kin to claim the investments.


Since you share the same surname with this client, I want to present You to stand in as the next of kin so that you and I can benefit from This investment equally (i.e. 40% for you and 55% for me and my colleagues while 5% for re-imbursement of expenses incured).

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect Us from any breach of the law.


If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly indicate your full Interest by
send to me as below to my confidential email ( bensalamutu@yahoo.co.uk )

Full Name:......................................................

Contact Home Address:...................................

State/City:.....................................................

Zip Code:.......................................................

(NB: No Postal Address Please)

Country:.........................................................

Occupation:....................................................

Post Held:........................................................

Contact Phone Number:...................................

Gender:............................................................

Marital Status:.................................................

Age:....... Nationality:.......................................

Annual turn over:..............................................

Be remitted. I will instruct you on the next step to take.

With friendly greetings,


Dr.Benson Salam


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