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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: benson izuke <bensonizukey2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bensonizuke@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 04:29:06 -0400
Subject: PLEASE ASIST US









Accra Ghana. Dearest beloved one in Christ Jesus,My
name is Benson izuke kowe, 19years old boy,i got your email contact on
a web directory in searching for assistance, My father was a highly
reputable business man(a cocoa merchant dealer} who operated in Accra
the capital of Ghana during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in TOGO during one of his business trips to a neighbouring
country, in which he was shut by harmed robbers on 12th.November
2006.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected by one of
his brother who accompanied him on that Trip, But God knows the truth!Before
the death of my Father,after some hours of treatment in the hospital on
that day,he told the doctor in the hospital secretly, that he has the
sum of twenty million USD dollars{$20.000000} Which he deposited in one
Security Company here in Accra, but the Security Company didn't know
the content as money, because it was registered as family valuables
personal for security reasons. And he made the doctor to understand
that it was because of this wealth that makes his Brothers to be
against him, That
i and my mother should seek for a foreign partner abroad, who will help
us to claim the consignment box with the security company, and shipped
it direct to his country, and also travel along with him ,for a
valuable investment,because me and my mother life is not safe as soon
as his Brothers find out about that money been deposited in the
Security CompanyMy
dear friend , i am just 19 years old boy and a Secondary School Level
and my mother is presently going through serious illness of cancer in
the hospital,i really don't know what to do and lead to searching for
a reliable and a God fearing foreign partner that can assist us with
trust . we have suffered a lot of set backs, as a result of the sudden
death of my father and his brothers has chased us out of my Fathers
House, all because we don't want to tell his Brothers any thing about
my Fathers Wealth.My
dearest in Christ, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance
in this regards by assisting me in claiming my inheritance consignment
box from the security company,so that my mother life will lost in this
present dangerous illness condition. And as soon as we succeed in
retrieving it, You will now make an arrangement for me to come over to
your Country in other to continue my Education and also to invest that
money into accordance to any of your mind suggestions,i
assured you in the name of Christ that 20% of the money will be yours
and the rest for us for better investment has said by my late father
after in getting the consignment box back from the security company
custody.i have all the legal documents which was signed by my late
Father on the day the deposit of the consignment box was made, is with
me and my mother kept in our secret place. kindly
get back to me with your contacting details as soon as you read this
message, so that i can forwards to you all the documents which was sign
by my late Father, including the contacts of the Security Company, so
that you can contact them on how this consignment box will retrieved
and send directly to you in your Country but i will glad if you assist
me and my mother out this problem,may the lord continue to bless
you{amen]Sincerely Yours,Benson izuke kowe.

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