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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: "Benard Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bsmithfamily@naseej.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:46:28 +0100
Subject: PREAMBLE/INTRODUCTION

Dear Friend,

My name is Benard Smith Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I believe you are a reputable and

responsible trustworthy person I can do business with, as a matter of trust,I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

My father was a very wealthy Gold & Cocoa Merchant make his business in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Cote D' Ivoire but based in City Accra

Ghana.

He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings to discuss a business deal. Before he died on the 24th November 2005

in a Private Hospital in Abidjan i was called to see my father in Hospital, he secretly called me to his bedside and told me that he has the sum of

$9.000, 000.00 Million United States Dollars with 240kilos of Gold deposited as "FAMILY TREASURE" with a Security Trust Company in ACCRA GHANA.
with my name as the Next of kin. Also his last words, was that I should move out of the country through a neighboring country to any safe place for

cover [Exile] immediately after his burial, then from there that I should find a possible way of moving out of Africa and naturalize in a foreign

country where I can put up solid investment with the money and the Gold in Boxes with Security Company. Right now, am back to Accra Ghana But all

the houses and other properties has been claims by friends and some relatives. I only depend on what he deposited in Security Company now.



My father's advise was that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money /Gold and use it for

Investment purposes specifically, he advised that I should invest in Real Estate.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways;

1. To serve as the guardian of this fund

2. To assist me in putting this sum of money & Gold in safe keeping

3. To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and,

4. To secure residential permit for me in your country.



I am willing to offer you a percentage that you will not refuse from the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful

completion of the transaction. To commence, I will need you to send to me your Telephone and private email address full name for security reason and

private discussion for further communication. When I have the info i can give it to the lawyer in charge of all papers and documentation that back

everything up. If you are not Interested, Please do not reply to this mail and delete it from your system.

Thank you while expecting to hear from you soon. God blessed you and families too.

Please reply to my private email below too

Benard Smith

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