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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: "mark benson" <markbenson000@msn.com>
Reply-To: markbenson000@eriga.lv
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 20:08:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:

X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Sep 2005 03:08:49.0640 (UTC) FILETIME=[23289E80:01C5B1C7]
Date: 4 Sep 2005 20:08:49 -0700
SAVE THE LIVES OF AN AFRICAN CHILD
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 03:08:49 +0000
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed

Dear Brothers/Sisters

On behalf of myself and the entire foundation, we have agreed to inform
you especially those living outside the African Continent about our
recent development on the things this foundation has been doing.
Just like our motto, “ Reaching out to the needy”, we help people who
are in need and most especially with the assistance from those outside
our African Continent.

This Foundation started in the year 2001 in Zambia, Zimbabwe and
Malawi and also, its well known around the African Continent. Our main
objectives as a foundation are as follows;

1. Going around Countries visiting Children that are abandoned in the
hospitals due to different ailments and diseases, abandoned by
roadsides due to lack of money to pay their bills.

2. Taking care of Children that are left behind by parents or guardians
either as a result of death or lack of money to take care of them.
These same children without parents are aswell entitled to educational
rights (paying of their school fees as well as feeding).

Manwhile, over the past years, we have been able to record good
results while in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe due to help rendered to us by
Corporate Bodies, government parastatals and individuals, we were able
to raise $1,000,000 for Children of these Countries and the one for this
year’s fund raising in the West African Coast has been estimated at
$2,000,000 for the Children’s (who are now refugees) up-keeping which is
to be held in Nigeria, Liberia and Cote’d Ivoire. We have invited some
African Government and Corporate Bodies in making this year a success,
while our mission is to ensure that by 2010 most of these diseases and
abandonment will be taken to a minimum level.
Please, if you are willing to help these people (Children), don’t let
it be a burden to you because this foundation will acknowledge the fact
that you did it willingly that is the freewill.
The Fund raising has been slated for next month in Liberia, Cote’d
Ivoire and Nigeria respectively .

Please, also, kindly help in reaching others with this piece of
information especially to those who are willing to save lives.
With the security control in the foundation, the money cannot be
tempered with, except only and only for the Children’s up-keeping “where the
work is good, the willingness becomes great, the difficulties cannot be
great”, Makavelli. “Every noble work is at first impossible”, Joe D.
Baker Jr and finally, “the reward for a work well done is usually more
work”, Max L. Foreman.

Transparency is our watchword. Put a smile on the face of an African
Child today. We would appreciate anything you can send to the Children.
It would make a lot of difference no matter how small. Thanking you for
anticipated help.

HEADS OF COMMITTEE
Mr. Mark Benson
Co-ordinator (W/A)
Director(SLAC Foundation)

Pastor Precious O. Osazuwa
Ass. Co-ordinator (AGGCC)
Chief Accountant (SLAC Foundation)

Deaconess Mary Okuonghe
Scretary (SLAC Foundation)
Elder Rap Odigie
Children Supervisor (SLAC Foundation,


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