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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. Anderson Pedro" <abplast@abplast.com.br>
Reply-To: robertrbrtlpz1@aol.com
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 15:07:32 -0300
Subject: Hello


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Dear Friend,


       I am Mr.Anderson Pedro I'm seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin to a deceased customer of our bank who died in an air crash so that the bank will not confiscate his deposit of (US$18.7M) and return it to the Goverment of Benin Republic.

Also note that the deceased deposit has an open beneficiary and any foreigner can put claim over the fund irrespective of your tribe,names and religion provided you have the secret information on the security file jacket of the deceased deposit which I will furnish to you upon demand by authorities of my bank.

I'm contacting you to assist in remittance of the dormant fund as the next of kin left behind by the deceased so as not to allow the bank confiscate or declare the funds unserviceable according to Benin Republic financial law on unclaimed bills which the government usually map out for the purchase of ammunitions which are the major course of connflicts in the west of Africa.

Consequently, I'm seeking your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased so that the outstanding fixed deposit (US$18.7M) will be remitted into any designated account of yours to be shared by both of us.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly get back to me:

More details will be given to you as soon as you reply.

Pls all reply must be with my secured email address: (robertrbrtlpz1@aol.com).

Replying through my secured email address show that you are really interested in doing this business with me.

Regards.

Mr. Anderson Pedro.
Email:robertrbrtlpz1@aol.com



<!--htmlsig-->Dear Friend,<br><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am Mr.Anderson Pedro I'm seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin to a deceased customer of our bank who died in an air crash so that the bank will not confiscate his deposit of (US$18.7M) and return it to the Goverment of Benin Republic.<br><br>Also note that the deceased deposit has an open beneficiary and any foreigner can put claim over the fund irrespective of your tribe,names and religion provided you have the secret information on the security file jacket of the deceased deposit which I will furnish to you upon demand by authorities of my bank.<br><br>I'm contacting you to assist in remittance of the dormant fund as the next of kin left behind by the deceased so as not to allow the bank confiscate or declare the funds unserviceable according to Benin Republic financial law on unclaimed bills which the government usually map out for the purchase of ammunitions which are the major course of connflicts in the west of Africa.<br><br>Consequently, I'm seeking your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased so that the outstanding fixed deposit (US$18.7M) will be remitted into any designated account of yours to be shared by both of us.<br><br>If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly get back to me:<br><br>More details will be given to you as soon as you reply.<br><br>Pls all reply must be with my secured email address: (robertrbrtlpz1@aol.com).<br><br>Replying through my secured email address show that you are really interested in doing this business with me.<br><br>Regards.<br><br>Mr. Anderson Pedro.<br>Email:robertrbrtlpz1@aol.com

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