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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. Robert Pedro" <abplast@abplast.com.br>
Reply-To: robertpedro@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 07:44:46 -0300
Subject: Hello


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Dear Friend,


       I am Mr.Robert 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: (robertpedro@hotmail.fr).

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

Regards.

Mr. Robert  Pedro.
Email:robertpedro@hotmail.fr
+22998585994




Dear Friend,


       I am Mr.Robert 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: (robertpedro@hotmail.fr).

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

Regards.

Mr. Robert  Pedro.
Email:robertpedro@hotmail.fr
+22998585994

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