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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: "benson nwankwo" <benson_nwankwo79@web.de>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:05:19 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED

Dear Sir/Madam

My name is Dr.Benson Nwankwo, a citizen of Ghana but I work as a supervisor with a private SECURITY COMPANY here in Nigeria ( NAME WITHHELD FOR SECURITY REASONS).I joined the services of this company in 1997 as an office assistant. I got the information concerning you and your contact through Internet and after due consultation with my spiritual adviser, I decided to contact you believing that by the grace of God that you will accept to be my partner in this business. I have been working with this company for seven years.

Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of States and Government functionaries have been using our SECURITY COMPANY to move huge sums of money US Dollar, pounds steriling, Frence Francs -(cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in these onsignments of money ca! ! sh and! secretly declare the contents as jewelries, gold,diamond, precious stones, family treasures,documents etc.Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria (dead), Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead) Foday Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Ibrahim B. Babangida of Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Ivory Coast (dead), Konan Bedie of Ivory Coast etc., all these people have tons of consignments deposited with our firm.They use foreign partners in claiming most of these consignments. A lot of the consignments are laying here unclaimed for as much as 2 yrs.

because of overdue demurage charges/lost of vital documents given to them during the deposit,as a result of this Nobody have ever come for them because in most cases, the documents of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors / SECURITY COMPANY.In our firm the procedure of claims to consignments is as soon as you are able to produce all the secret information as contained in the secret files of any consignment, it will be ! rele! ased to! you upon demand. From my records, more than 4 consignments be longing to Mobutu Sese Seko,has been claimed in the past Six months.

This is why I am soliciting for your co-operation and assistance. Gen.Sani Abacha has five consignments deposited with several codes and names, two has been claimed in the past two months.Dr Charles Taylor has six consignments and none is yet to be claimed.But consignment No:007775526 has been unclaimed for a long time now.

Rigth now I have finished every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment No:007775526 Containing US$24.5M only as I have found out.My duty is to supply you with all the information and documents needed .You will deal directly with the security company in spain where this fund is currently lodged.While i will give you all the informations on how to claim the fund in STANDARD FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANY IN SPAIN.

..The management will demand some documents and secret codes. Inform me and I will supply you with every detailed information. As soon as they confirm! it t! o ! be correct. They will invite you for the clearing and collection of the consignment. Please, No body or any of my colleagues will ever know I am involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will write an agreement bond for us. I will suggest upon conclusion, we share 50% for me -45% for you and 5% for incidental expenses I assure you that, this deal have been hatched for 5 months now, it is very secure and risk free.

You can contact me, 24 hours for further explanations and directives on the procedure. I bet my life that we cannot fail.

Please if you find it in your heart to assist.

Reply immediately through my email address :
(benson_nwankwo@yahoo.co.uk)

Thanks and God bless you.

Dr.Benson Nwankwo(Supervisor)

Private Email Add: (benson_nwankwo@yahoo.co.uk)


 



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