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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. Edward Dhossou" <wangx@shaks.com.cn>
Reply-To: <eddhossou@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:43:13 -0700
Subject: IMPORTANT E-MAIL


Greeting !!

My name is Mr. Edward Dhossou, I am the Investment and
Administrative Manager of BANQUE ATLANIQUE BENIN. I have an
immense business opportunity from my Bank, which I will be open
to discuss and handle with you if maximum confidentiality is
guaranteed .

It is well considered across the globe that there is no real and
legitimate business transaction from African continent ,based on
the fact that some jobless youths has considered defrauding
innocent citizens off their hard earned resources as their common
/ major trade. Please I will employ you not to consider this
letter as one of those sent by those jobless youths , rather give
a little attention to it.

I am contacting you for this great business opportunity based on
the fact that it requires the participation of an external
citizen (Foreign Citizen).

Based on the confidentiality of this business as it requires, I
will appreciate if you find time to respond to this letter ,in
other to explain to you the details and procedures.

Briefly , this business is all about putting claims on an Excess
Investment Profit Returns (EIPR) which my department turned out
made last year 2016. This Excess Investment Profit Return has a
valuation of US$5,800,000.00.(Five Million Eight Hundred US
dollars only)

I seized the opportunity to contact you and seek your permission
and consent to submit your information to the bank as an existing
foreign investor to the bank yet to receive his 2016 annual
investment dividend.

Also be informed our bank manages over 158 corporate investors
both locally and internationally, each and every investor
receives his/her annual investment dividend at every end of each
fiscal year.

PURPOSE: My purpose of contacting you is to seek your permission
to slot in your information to our system among the foreign
exiting investors, so that the bank will pay you the above listed
value of US$5,800,000.00 as your 2016 annual dividend payment.
Then me and you will share that among ourselves as agreed.

Note after reading this message and you considered it beneficial
to us, and ready to execute the business with me, quickly send me
all below listed information to enable me commence the processing
of all the legal papers to back up the claim, as well register
them into the bank computer system as an existing investor.

For our commencement, kindly send me the below listed information
as you are replying

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Country of Origin
3. Current Address
4. Contact Phone Number
5. Current occupation

Thank you for your time attending and reading this message.

Anticipating your quick response for the full details of this
operation.

Kind Regards

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