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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: marie benson <mariebenson_004@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mariebenson_001@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:52:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mrs Marie Benson


From Mrs Marie Benson

Dear Respectful One,

Greetings to you and your family in the name of God.

Please use this money for the churches and less privileged.

In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs. Marie Benson.

I'm a 65 years old woman and from Philippine. I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai. I was also married with two children.

My husband and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I live for. I never really cared about other values in life.

But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes.

I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Canberra, Australia through fire.

I was moving with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there, I kept $US11,000,000,00. (Eleven Million Thousand U.S Dollars), into a metallic trunk box, in a Finance company, in abidjan the capital city of cote d' ivoire west africa.

This money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box (consignment) is deposited with a security and finance company in abidjan the capital city of Cote d' ivoire under a secret arrangement as a family treasure not as money due to security reason and also due to postion.

I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and other charity organization.

Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and distributes it accordingly.

Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 5% of it to yourself.
Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing to help, please reply as soon as possible. May the good lord bless you and your family.

Please, never you declose the real content of the (metallic box) consignment to my Attorney (Lawyer) or the finance company where they deposite this because when i deposite this (metallic box) consignment in finance company i deposited it's as family treasure not as money due to security reasons on this (metallic box) consignment.

Please, i will advice you to send reply and all correspondences mail to my attorney (Lawyer).

This attorney (Lawyer). who is going to work together on your behalf with the finance company in abidjan cote d' ivoire for the claiming of this metallic trunk box (consignment) out from the custody of the finance company before the finance company will finally shippment this metallic trunk box (consignment) down to your door post in your country.

I will like you to contact and introduce your self to my attorney (Lawyer) and informed he that you are the new beneficiary of this said metallic trunk box (consignment) in the custody of this finance company containing the family treasure and also ask him to help you, and tell you the mode of the operation of this finance company before they finally shippment this immediate metallic trunk box (consignment) down to your door post in your country.

DUKE & ASSOCIATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS CHAMBER ABIDJAN, COTE D' IVOIRE.

EMAIL-ADDRESS:info_barri_duke_collins@yahoo.com OR info_barri_duke_coll@myway.com

PERSON TO CONTACT: BARRISTER DUKE COLLINS

THE ACCREDITED FINANCIAL ATTORNEY OF DUKE & ASSOCIATE FINANCIAL ADVISORS CHAMBER ABIDJAN, COTE D' IVOIRE.

Thanks yours faithfully,

Mrs Marie Benson.


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