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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: Limana Benson <linda225benson1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:19:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: My beloved.









My beloved.

Greetings in the name of our lord
Jesus Christ. i am Mrs Limana Benson from Bahrain, a widow to late Jeff
Benson i am 51 years old, i am now a new Christian convert, suffering
from long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my condition is
really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i won't live more
than 2 months, according to my doctors, this is because the cancer stage
has gotten to a very worst stage.

My late husband and my only
child died last five years, his death was politically motivated. My late
husband was a very rich and wealthy business man who was running his
cocoa business in Cote d'Ivoire and after his death; i inherited all his
business and wealth. my doctors has advised me that i may not live for
more than 2 months, so i now decided to divide the part of this wealth,
to contribute to the development of the church in Africa, America, Asia,
and Europe. i collected your email address
during my desperate search on the internet and i prayed over it.

i
decided to donate the sum of $3,500,000.00 usd( Theree million five
hundred thousand united states dollars) to the less privileged because i
cannot take this money to the grave. Please i want you to note that
this fund is lodged in a bank in Ivory Coast in West Africa .

Once
i hear from you, i will forward to you all the information's you will
use to get this fund released from the bank and to be transferred to
you. i honestly pray that this money when transferred to you, will be
sure for the said purpose, because i have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Christ is vanity. may the grace of our lord Jesus
the love of god and the fellowship of god be with you and your family.

Please contact me in this my private e-mail id so that i will give you all the details

Your beloved sister in Christ.
Mrs  Limana
Benson










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