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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: "henrysteven Gazeta.pl" <henrysteven@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: henrysteven1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:15:22 +0100
Subject: GoodDay;Work With me Dear Friend


FROM HENRY STEVEN
DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
ECO BANK,BENIN REPUBLIC.
PRIVATE: henrysteven1@yahoo.com


Dear Friend,


Is my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I'm Henry
Steven.The director incharge of auditing and accounting Unit of Eco Bank
Benin Republic. I deem it fit to contact you regarding to a transaction that
will be of favour to both of us at the end, and i got your contact in
mysearch for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the fund in
question.


We discovered the sum of eight million one hundred thousand United States
Dollars (USD8.1M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank.The fund has
been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put claim over
the fund since the account owner late Mr.Mohamed Mohd from lebanon, who was
involved in the December 25th Benin plane crash. Here is the air crash
website= http://www.iafpa.org.uk/news-template.php?t=4&id=1291 The said fund
is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed
as the Beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank.The
foriegn account owner will impost himself as the next of kin to the deceased
and respond positively like a true next of kin who wishes to speed up the
release and transfer of his inherited fund.


If the over due fund is not claimed by the end of next quarter,the
government of the Federal Republic of Benin will take over the ownership of
the fund in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979. I do not want the
government to take over the ownership of this fund,that is why I contacted
you for us to do the deal together, so that I will portray you as the
bonafide next of kin to the deceased whose name is Mr. Mohamed mohd. If you
accept to carry out this project with me, I will offer you 30% of the total
sum, while I and my colleagues involved will take 70% of the total sum. we
will jointly effect the transfer within eight working days.On your
acceptance to do this transaction with me this informations is needed from
you.


1)Your Full Name and Address
2)Your Marital Status
3)Your Occupation/Profession
4)Your Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers
5)Your Bank Account Particulars where the money will be transffered.


Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no extra
esponssibilities on your part, except the above mentioned roles, and
normally you will be required to maintain absolute information and absolute
secrecy throughout the duration of this transaction, because discussing it
with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction.I am looking
forward to receiving your interesting response on this project as this will
greatly enrich the both of us at the end.


Find below my profiles:-
1.)Name :Henry Steven,Banker with Eco Bank Benin.
2.)House Address: 12 carre opotopo route,Cotonou-Benin Rep.
3.)My Age : 42 Years.PRIVATE: henrysteven1@yahoo.com

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