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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: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:58:35 +0100
Subject: Attention Please Friend !!!!!!!!


**
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*Attention Please Friend* , *

* * *
*I'm Reverend Richard King , The executor Mr Josef _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which
i will not disclose his name to enable me know if you and Mr Joef are from
one country or one family relatives **, To late Mr Joef who sumited some
copies of his Contract Document to me to pray over it for a successful
work, and his a national of your country who used to work as a government
contractor in Cotonou the Republic of Benin Africa, Here in after shall be
Referred to as my Client, My Client Mr. Josef was involve in Dec. 25, 2004,
chartered Boeing 727 jet bound for Beirut, Lebanon, that crashed after
hitting a building on takingoff, killing at least 130 people including
Mr. Josef
and his entire family as the where heading to Beirut for Holidays.After his
death, I discovered a contract file that was executed by his company (
Josef Construction Company S.A) This contract was executed between April
2003 to November 2003, the contract worth heavy amount of money, more than
25 Mln U. S .D was awarded to Josef Construction Company by the Benin
Ministry of Public Works and Transport, for the construction of
Cotonou/Porto-Novo express road, after due investigation through the file, I
discovered that Mr. Hilton completed the contract on November 2003 and was
not paid before his sudden death, Since then I have made several enquiries
to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but all
efforts was just in vain. *
* *
*After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track His last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his Family hence I contacted you.
*
* *
*I have contacted you to assist in repatriating this money from the Benin
Ministry of Works and Transport; before they cancel the dept as unclaimed
bill.Thus, for your indulgence and support, I propose an offer of 40% of the
total amount to be your's after the transfer has been successfully
concluded.*
* *
*Your full name and phone number/fax is need in the first place. Kindly
reply me stating your interest, and I will give you the details and
necessary proceedures how to make the transfer progress.*
* *
* I am anxiously awaiting your response. *
* *
*Your's Sincerely,
Rev Richard King . *
* *
*You can as well reply me in my private email:
**revrk62@yahoo.com.my*<http://mc598.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=revrk62@yahoo.com.my>
*.*

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