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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:11:43 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT_ATTENTION_NEEDED?=


Swift Trust & Finance Services,
Republic of Benin,
Cotonou.
West Africa.

Dear Friend,

This is to inform you that, we received a payment instruction from the Central Bank Of Benin Cotonou (CBB) for the payment of your inheritance /contract payment worth of $10.5 million USD.
To process your payment, urgently forward to us your personal information as required below to facilitate your payment process.

1. Your full Name:
2.Your residential address
3.Your direct phone number
4.Occupation/Business
5. Age/Gender

Endeavor to send the above requested information through our secure e-mail address which is:/ swifttrustfinanceltd@live.fr

We apologies for the delay and inconveniences in getting this payment across to you all this while.

Best regards,
Mr. Charles Desmond





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