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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: "Dr benett" <benetthillsss@hispavista.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 09:18:10 +0200
Subject: YOUR CONFIRMATION IS NEEDED

Dearest,

I have made series of effort to reach you on
telephone concerning your fund which was
discovered in a dormant account with our bank.

I discovered that your funds was floating in an
account here in Allied
bank (my branch) and the money could not be
transferred because of lack of the source proof
of the fund and also the transfer was not
authorized by you since your name was in the
document.

I had to trace the documents to find out that
the fund originally belong to you and I decided
to contact you so that you can have a smooth
transfer. I will appreciate if you can offer me
5% of the total money so that I will work with
you concerning this issue.

The account where the fund is deposited is
currently dormant and if you accept the
agreement of offering me 5% of the fund then we
can work and I will guard you on the steps on
how you can get the fund released to you and you
will transfer the fund, from your sitting room
via our secured telephone banking system because
that is a more secured way of doing bank
transfers currently to avoid fraud which has
taken over the internet.

I will be waiting for your call once you accept
my proposal and I promise that the fund will be
accessible by you under 4days.


Thank you for your anticipated cooperation

Yours faithfully
Dr Benett Hills
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