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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: "Mr Benson Bruce" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrbensonbruce526@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:15:37 +0200
Subject: Hello

RE: MY REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP !!
My Name is Mr.Benson Bruce, the Presently Chief Auditor, Alpha Bank London-UK Ltd. On a routine inspection i discovered a dormant account with a Balance of ?20,000,000.00.(TWENTY MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING). On Further investigation, i also discovered that the account holder is Late Mr.John Shumejda, an American Citizen, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Agco, the Global Agricultural Equipment Manufacturer, he died in Plane crash at Birmingham Airport on 4th Jan, 2002.
He died leaving no beneficiary to the account, and the bank will approve this money to any foreigner who have information about this account which i will give to you. because the former operator of this account is a foreigner from Florida in USA and i am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody will come to claim this money again.Therefore i need your full cooperation in this transaction, i will provide all the necessary information needed in order to claim this money, I want to assured you that this transfer is 100% risk free.
You will have 40% Share of the money, for your corporation and assistance while 60% will be for me there after i and my family will visit your country for investement, so If you are Interested reply me through My private email:(mrbenson_b@yahoo.co.uk) for more details.
I am Looking Forward to hear from you.
Yours Sincerely
Mr.Benson Bruce.
 

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