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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 Dagogo" <dago_ben@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:50:09 -0800
Subject: GREETINGS

From: The Manager,
Nigerian Agricultural and Co-operative Bank
Nigeria


Attention,

I got your contact through internet manager . My name is Mr. BENSON DAGOGO.
I am the manager of the Nigerian Agricultural and Co-operative Bank , Aba Branch
I am a Nigerian married with two kids.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$ 26,000,000.00.
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made
as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved End of the
Year report for the year 2003 to my Head Office here in Nigeria and they will never
know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of US$ 26, 000,000.00 on
a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus
I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your
bank account. I intend to pay 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me.
I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to
be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original
depositor of this fund.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to my private
email: dago_ben@ureach.com

With regards,

Mr Benson Dagogo.


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