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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: "benedit" <bebedit_ph@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 19:30:53 +0100
Subject: please you reply is highly need.

Dear Sir,
Good day, I will realy like to have a good relationship with you, in respective of my age and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you. I am contacting you having a kind of confidence in you that you are a nice person,infact I so feel free in getting intouch with you , I have concluded to give you a trial.
I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here and after reading your profile. I am Miss. Benedit Philip ,the only DUAGHTER of Late Mr Stephen Akpa.
My father died last year, I find out from his Personal WILL about his plan to invest in your country with the the total amount of 7.3 million US dollars which he deposited in Europe. Due there is crisis in my father's family everyone want to claim his properties, they take what belongs to me and wanted to kill me,that is the reason why i ran away to Senegal where am contacting you today.
The main reason why I am caunting on you is that My father late Mr Johnson Philip been investor have your country in his investment plan,that is why I am looking for someone from there too. I am sorry to disturb you with my problem,but I have to look for someone like you for an assistance. So I will like you to send me your fax number ,phone,real name and address so that I will be more free and feel at home to hand over this fund to you.
Best regards and awaiting your responses.
Thanks.
Miss Benedit.


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