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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: carlos.coppolachilecompra@ejercito.cl
Reply-To: bennydixon26@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:30:47 +0530
Subject: Charity for Orphans

Dear Friend,

I am happy to write you, God knows you better and he knows why he has directed me to you
at this point in time so do not be afraid. I saw your email at ministries of commerce and foreign
trade departments. I am writing this mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart, and am contacting
you because I don’t have any other option than to tell you as I was touched to open up to you.

My name is Sir.Benny Dixon, i was born in New York, United States of America. and i lost my parents when i was only
4years old, after their death,a friend of my father took me from New York to the united kingdom where i grew up
and attended all my schooling in liverpool.I was introduced to this gold business in India by my uncle who later
died years back after the death of my wife in an auto crash in 2005.

I married my late wife michelle at the age of 22 years and we lived happily together not until nature took my happiness
away from me.I was doing this gold business successfully until the Indians invaded us in the early seventy's,
and injured most of us while some were killed in the cause of the invasion claiming that we were mining their gold illegally
in collaboration with Gandhi.I fled india leaving all my mining equipments behind, including the money i deposited in the
Reserve Bank of india(USD8.3Million).

Recently, my doctor told me that I would not last for more than period of three months due to cancer problem.
Whoever that wants to serve God must serve him in spirit and truth because God is the most high; please always be prayerful
all through your life.The one that disturbs me most is my cancer sickness. Having known my condition, i decided to hand you
over this money and the gold to take care of the less-privileged people, you will utilize this money the way I am going to
instruct herein. I want you to take 30 percent of the total money for your personal use while 70% of the money will go to
charity" helping the orphans and less privilegde and the motherless babies.

I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my extended relatives are not good because they are the one
that was responsible for the attempt to kill me here in the hospital in other to have all my properties and I don't want
my efforts to be used by those that conspired the murder attempt on my life. My wife grew up as an orphan and don't have
anybody as her family member, just to Endeavour that the name of God is maintained... am doing this so that my wife will
rest in peace, and God will forgive my sins and accept my soul because i have suffered in this sickness so much.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank in India and I will send authority letter that will
prove you the present beneficiary of the money that is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Also I want you to go to the bank manager one on one to meet them for the claim because I don’t need any delay if you are
ready to claim the fund.

Yours sincerely,

Sir. Benny Dixon.

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