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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: hodonou rose <mrshodonou16@live.fr>
Reply-To: <mishodonourose@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:54:49 +0100
Subject: From Mrs Rose Hodonou



Dear Sir/Madam,

Greetings to you and your family in the name of God, in my search for a reliable and GOD fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and pains taking efforts via searching I made on the internet on my bed side. I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs. Rose Hodonou, I'm a 38 years old woman and my Country is Sierra- Leone, I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai , I was also married with two children.

I have kept US$6,325,000.00 (Six Million Three Hundred & Twenty-Five Thousand United States Dollars)in a long-term deposit account in Financial Bank Cotonou Benin Republic West Africa. Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for Oesophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital Cotonou.

I had two children but unfortunately, my husband and my daughter where involved in a plane crash in the Dec, 25th. I am now left with my only son Solomon. Below is the plane crash
Website: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

Note: The reason why I am contacting you is because I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctor have told me that I have only few weeks to live, I want to know if you can arrange for a better hospital over there in your country so that I can come there for a better surgery and also to know if you can take care of my son when I will be undergoing this surgery,

I have decided to give you charge of my US$6,325,000.00 (Six Million Three Hundred & Twenty-Five Thousand United States Dollars) deposit so that you can invest it in a very lucrative business in your country, we never can tell what will happen during the surgery, so that in case if anything happen to me during this operation, my son will have someone to take care of him and a business/funds to inherit for a good future or if this surgery goes well, I will have a business that I can use to take care of my only son.

Please note that this fund is lying with Financial Bank Benin a reputable Bank here in Benin Republic of West Africa and as I am writing this message to you from a hospital Bed, I am not sure that I will survive this operation but even if I have to die, first I want to secure a future for my only son. My problem now is this am afraid of people, I don't want my son to suffer or cry as mother les or father les that is why I am afraid I want a GOD fearing or Allah so that this money will be invested as we planed without delay and who will take good care of my son.

All I WANT FROM YOU IS TO TAKE THE MONEY WITH MY SON AND INVEST IT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF MY SON IF I DID NOT SURVIVE THIS.I HAVE AGREE TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.

Please get back to me very fast so that I can tell you what to do because my days now is being numbered.

May the good lord bless you,
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