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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: doctor benneth <doctorbenneth@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:35:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: confidence


DEAR Amarjit Singh,
I AM DOCTOR BENNETH THE TENDERS BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). WE HAVE A FLOATING FUNDS ACCRUED FROM EXCESS VALUATION OF CONTRACTS AWARDED TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS IN THE PAST.
I AND MY COLLEGUES WHO ARE PRIVY TO THIS EXCESS FUNDS ARE SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO GET THIS FUNDS
TRANSFERED ABROAD INTO A FORIEGN ACCOUNT.UPON ACCEPTANCE, WE SHALL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE DETAILS.
BE ASSURED THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK FREE AS WE HAVE PERFECTED ALL THAT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
TREAT AS MOST CONFIDENTIAL.
WHILE THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE,I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.

YOURS TRULY,

DOCTOR BENNETH



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