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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: Gladys Benson <gladysbenson645@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: gladysbenson645@yahoo.dk
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:19:04 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From Gladys Benson




>From Gladys Benson

N0 38 Rue des Martyrs Cocody

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

West Africa.



Dear in the Lord,





With all due respect and humanity, I was compelled to write to you on humanitarian grounds.



I'm Mrs. Gladys Benson aging widow suffering from long time illness (heart cancer) and (stroke). I'm married without a child in the late Benson Williamson working with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for many years. I am currently admitted to a private hospital here in Abidjan Ivory Coast because of my illness, and I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, who died six years ago in a car accident.



When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $ 3.500.000.00 (three million five hundred thousand dollars) with a bank here in Abidjan Ivory Coast, and now the fund is still cel Ebran do with the bank here in Cote Ivory. However, I decide to write this letter because my doctor recently told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem, and this has been along since the day he announced this to me. To this effect, I decided to donate this fund to an honest, God-fearing or an organization that can use this fund for charitable and humanitarian purposes, such as building school, orphanage, hospital building for the poor and also for spreading the word of God, etc.



Ng CISI took this because I have a son of my own that can inherit this fund. When my husband was alive, he always warned me not to expose their wealth to their relationship, and also tried many ways to remove it, because of its wealth. Moreover, I and my husband are both born again Christians before his death, and their relationship has always been angry with him because of the religion they choose. To this effect, I have decided to follow the instructions of my late husband and

relationships inform my late husband on the existence of this fund, because they are believers (Muslims).



I have to make this decision on my own to donate this fund for God's work, because I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul, ue porq know that with God all things are possible. I want you to answer this letter as soon as possible, because the spirit of God, as I said you choose to perform this doctrine. I expect an immediate response from you, so that I can know the next step to take, and I want the fund to be transferred out of this country, because I'm going through dialysis treatment in the next eight days.



Hoping to receive your reply and remain blessed.



Mrs. Gladys Benson

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