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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: "BARRISTER BENEDICT CHEANG" <andre.andre2@bol.com.br>
Reply-To: <barr.benedichng@sify.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:37:32 +0800
Subject: Kindly get back to me immediately!

I am Barrister BENEDICT CHEANG , an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine ,that shares the same last name as yours died as the result of a heart-related
condition on March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in S
umatra Indonesia . And in the record there is no known successor to this deposit of the deceased who died without a will. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_In
dian_Ocean_earthquake.

I can be reached on ( barr.benedichng@sify.com ) for more information. My late Client has a deposit of Seventeen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars ( US$ 1
7.500,000)left behind.

Best regards,
Barrister BENEDICT CHEANG
Attorney AT Law
TEL: +60146434253 / 0060146434253

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