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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_kidman@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:57:29 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?please=20reply=20now?=

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
MY NAME IS BENSON KIDMAN, A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK), I CAME TO
CHINA WITH MY BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF THE SAME NATIONALITY TO GO INTO SOME
KIND OF BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN CHINA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES HERE IN ASIA.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY PARTNER WENT TO INDIA TO SEE IF HE COULD LINK WITH SOME
OTHER BUSINESSES THERE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY GOT SWEPT BY THE TSUNAMI OF DECEMBER,
2004.( I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED THE PROVE OF HIS UNFORTUNATE DEATH)
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF OUR INVESTMENT FUND
WHICH WAS TO ARRIVE HERE IN CHINA VIA A PRIVATE TRUST COMAPANY, THE MONEY
HAS SINCE ARRIVED, BUT I CANNOT SOLELY AFFORD THE AIRWAY BILL CHARGE FOR
CONVEYING THE MONEY HERE, ITS IN VIEW OF THIS THAT I AM SEEKING A WELL-MEANING
AND BUSINESS MINDED PARTNER, SO I CAN GET THE CONSIGNMENT RELEASED, AND
STILL GO AHEAD WITH THE INVESTMENT SINCE THAT IS THE REASON WE CAME TO CHINA.

PLEASE, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CO-OPERATING WITH ME, I AM WILLING THE
CEDE 5% OUT OF THE TOTAL $10,000,000.00 ( TEN MILLION DOLLARS) AND ALSO
MAKE YOU A PARTNER IN OUR PROPOSED BUSINESS WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY MADE CONTACTS
IN FIELDS OF OIL, STEEL AND REALTY HERE IN CHINA, YOU ARE FREE TO SUGGEST
SOME OTHER VIABLE BUSINESS AS YOU DEEM FIT.
THE AIRWAY BILL COST IS $11,000.00( ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS), AND I CANT
SINGLE HANDEDLY RAISE THIS MONEY BECAUSE I HAVE SINCE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY
ON TRAVELLING, ACCOMMODATION, TELEPHONES, AND OTHER SUNDRIES.
I THEREFORE WISH YOU COULD BE OF ASSISTANCE BE PARTNERING WITH ME.WE COULD
ALWAYS HAVE A MEETING IF YOU ARE IN CHINA OR CAN VISIT ME HERE IN CHINA,
THIS IS A GENUINE STORY, I HOPE YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND MY PRESENT SITUATION
ON TJIS MATTER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARNEST AND FAVOURABLE RESPONSE AS I HAVE BEEN HERE
SINCE DECEMBER HELPLESSLY THINKING OF A WAY OUT.
THANK YOU.
SINCERELY,
BENSON KIDMAN
Please forward all the reply to
(benson_kidman@yahoo.com)




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