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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: mary nita <mnita049@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mnita@centrum.sk>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:53:35 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS MARY BENSON NITA



FROM MRS MARY BENSON NITADINO GUEST HOUSECOCODY DOKUI
ABIDJAN.COTE D'VOIRE Dearest one I am Mrs. Mary Benson Nita. I am a widow with a chronic renal insufficiency case, a kidney disease and I am presently putting up in a guest house with my son here in Abidjan . I want to inform you of an urgent assistance I need from you and if you can not assist fully, I will like you to please source a trustworthy person to receive a certain deposit I inherited from my late husband for an investment. My late husband deposited the sum of $ 8 million with a bank here in Abidjan before his death while in service as a general in the Army in my home country but before his death, he handed me over all the documents relating to the deposit in the bank and asked me to leave for Abidjan and arrange with a foreign partner to invest the money so that my children could have a better education and a good life. Consequently, I and my son Joel has come to this place and have located the bank and all modalities have been put in place to transfer this money abroad. I therefore want to use you as my late husband's foreign associate to receive this money into your account or to whom you may recommend for the investment so that my son can continue his education while. I am properly administered medically abroad. Meanwhile, I will like you to urgently indicate your willingness to me so that I can furnish you the related documents and lodgement receipt of the deposit with the bank for your perusals and confirmation to enable you contact the bank for the fund transfer directly to your account. Because of my ill health, I am mostly bedridden in the hospital on renal dialysis; this is a system of artificially doing/performing the functions of the kidneys. By this, the excess toxic waste products in my blood are washed out. I will like you to reply me immediately so that I can detail you accordingly concerning this and the next step to take, please note that you will be compensated accordingly for assisting me and my son to successfully transfer of this money out of this country for the investment in your country. Hope to hearing from you urgently. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Mary Benson Nita and Joel Benson Nita
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