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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: "benjamin soniam" <leticiasb@italnet.com.br>
Reply-To: "benjamin soniam" <benjaminsoniam@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:50:28 -0300
Subject: We Need Your Urgent Reply

Dearest One,

We knew is wrong to contact you through this means but we are desperate and
our present condition now is too frustrating, that was why we use this
medium to fasting up our request.

I am Benjamin Peter Mataruse, the son of the late asassinated senator,Peter
Mataruse of zimbabwe . I am presently in Abidjan, capital city of. Cote
D'Ivoire(Ivory Coast )in west africa with my junior sister, Sonia Mataruse,
for the past two months now. We want you to assist us provide a bank account
either new or old ,so that the bank here will transfer our father's money
into your account in your country and also take me and my sister out of this
country.

Why we contacted you is that we went to the bank to withdraw this money
since our late father use my name as the next of kin to the deposit, but
were told by the bank director that my late father made an agreement with
them that i have to get to the age of 25yrs before i can make claim of the
money or alternatively i should provide a guardian who can make the claim on
my behalf and that was why i contacted you.


The amount involved is US$7,000,000.000 (SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) and We will be glad to offer you 15% of the total sum for
assisting us.

We beg for the confidentiality of this message as we also wait for your
urgent reply.

Yours sincerely
Benjamin and Sonia Mataruse


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