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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: "Mr. Vedo Gbeton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vg4100@hosanna.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:52:00 -0800
Subject: My request to you!!!

Attn.,

I am the chairman of the contract award committee of department of Industry,
Tourism and Resources. Republic of Benin , and I represent a group that is
interested in engaging your services as Manager for investment purpose, of a
large volume of funds from over-invoiced contracts already executed and paid
for. If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me through
this e-mail address (vg4100@hosanna.net) Looking forward to hear from you
soon.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Vedo Gbeton

Email: vg4100@hosanna.net

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