419 scam: "Mr.Goodluck Benson" <rhonavegoda@att.net> Dear Beneficiary

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Goodluck Benson" <rhonavegoda@att.net>
Reply-To: goodluckbenson@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:33:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

Dear Beneficiary

UNITED KINGDOM 2010 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations in conjunction with Federal Government of Nigeria to pay 150 scam victims pounds 3,000,000.00 (THREE MILLION UK POUNDS) each.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your UK POUNDS3,000,000.00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations,we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meeting on the loss of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.

In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of this operators $3,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations' Officials and the Minister of Finance of Nigeria as the corresponding paying bank UNION TRUST BANK PLC, LONDON BRANCH ,ENGLAND.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims are from the UK, we still have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of POUNDS 3,000,000.00 each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates (in Central Bank of Nigeria) who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the UK secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.Other victims who! have no t been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.

You can receive your compensation payments via any of this options you Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS. I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

send your calling mobile number .....,
We await your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,
MR. goodluck benson

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