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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: "ben chika" <chika_ben12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: chikaben05@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:46:07 +0000
Subject: Mr Chika Ben.

Dear Sir.
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise,since,
I am Mr Chika Ben.
contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below, which
will be ofmutual benefit to us both.PROPOSITION
A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the sum of US$21.2
Million (Twntyone.two Million, United States Dollars)he named his wife Mrs.
Helga Videurre as the NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an Accredited
FANICAL ADIVE. to the bank to sign and endorse documents to this deposit on
Mr.
Videurre?s behalf.Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Videurre were killed in the
January
14, earthquake that rocked El Salvador ,killing thousands of people and
1200 others were declared missing. The bank management now mandates me
(being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the deposit papers for the
deceased
to trace the family relatives of the deceased so that the fund will be
released to them. I was made to understand that they had no children.I made
several efforts through the El Salvador High Commission in Lagos to contact
any
of the deceased family relatives, but to no avail.Failure to reach any
of the family relatives of the deceased , the only option left for the
Bank?s Management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the
fund on trading and investment in the interest of the bank.In order to avoid
this development since it has so farbeen impossible to trace any of the
deceased family relatives. I now seek your permission and assistance to
have you stand as a distant relatives to the deceased. So that the fund
can be released to you and we can use it for our mutual benefit. I hope
you do understand my concern in this matteris, that if we do not use
this opportunity to claim this fund , since the deceased relatives cannot be
traced,the management of the bank will declare the deceased?s account
dormant and revert the fund on Trading and Investment in the interest of the
bank.For your assistance, you will be compensated adequately with(40%) of
the
total sum (55%) will be my own share while (5%) will be set aside to
coverany
incidental expense made both at home and abroad prior to this
transaction.If you are interested in assisting me with this matter, please
send to me
urgently via my EMAIL the following details below:
Full name, Company or Private Address
Telephone and Fax number(s).
Upon receiving the above details from you, I willwork out every
documents/proof representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative
and when
this is done, you will be contacted by the bank for the release and
collection of this fund, which willbe within one week of my receiving the
above
detailsfrom you .I will meet with you in your country for disbursement after
the
fund might have been released to you and also to discuss investment
potentials as I will like to invest in your country with your assistance.Be
assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,asI have taken care of all
necessary modalities to enable a hitch free transaction.Kindly ensure to
treat
this matter in strict privacy(Highly Confidential).
yours sincerely.

Mr Chika Ben.


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