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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: "kambou benoit" <kamboubenoit300@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: kamboubenoit@teenmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:15:56 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Dear Sir/ Madam


Compliments of the day,with due respect, trust, and humanity, Im write to
you in order to propose a business transaction which I believe will be of a
great interest to both of us.I found your contact while I was doing a
private research on the Internet after my fasting & prayers to get a
reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist the projact of
transfering this fund into his or her companies or private account.


First of all,Im Mr.Kambou Benoit a native of Burkina Faso in West
African region. I am a senior member of a reputable bank in Burkina Faso.
This transaction involves an investment portfolio of 18 million dollars in
our bank which I wish to acquire with your help and assistance. This fund
belong to a foreign customer of the bank I work with and no one else knows
about this account as he died together with his wife who is the real next of
kin to the fund. I am contacting you for us to transfer this fund into your
bank account as the next of kin/beneficiary of the fund. I need your full
co-operation to make this transaction manifest because the management of the
bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account which I will give to you in order to pull this
fund into your bank account for both of us.


Upon your positive response, and once I am convinced that you are capable
and will meet up with the inheritance procedures, I will send to you the
application letter that you will re-send to the bank for the claim of the
fund. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of this transaction or law, and you will be
compensated adequately according to agreed commissions. Having said, all
that is required now is your complete trust and honest cooperation to enable
us see this transaction through. You will have to show commitments to the
cause as time will be of great importance in what ever we have to do. If
you are interested and prepared to work with me according to these dictates,
please reply to this mail immediately so that we can discuss, make
assessments and after your basic understanding of the whole business, we
have to commence the process by which we will actualize the project.


At the end of this transaction, you will be given 30% of the total amount
while 60% will be for me and 10% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transferring. You should observe utmost
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us.


I will require your assistance to invest my share in your country after
all. Contact me through this email
address:kamboubenoit@teenmail.co.za<address%3Akamboubenoit@teenmail.co.za>.
I wish you a pleasant day as I hope to read from you soon.


Yours Sincerely,


Mr.Kambou Benoit

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