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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: Mrs Grace Boyi <mrsgraceboyi644@msn.com>
Reply-To: <boyibjm@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:13:11 +0000
Subject: Hello My Dear in the Lord,




Hello My Dear in the Lord,

I crave your indulgence at this
mail coming from somebody like me, whom you does not know before. I
decided to do this after praying over the situation. You should please
consider the transaction on its content and not the fact that you have
not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came by your contact
information because there are many such possibilities these days.I would
like to introduce myself as Mrs. Grace Boyi, of Republic of Benin,widow
to Late Dr. David Boyi (for Consular of the Benin Embassy in Madrid,
Spain. I have been recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvics. I
am writing to you now from my sick bed because of how this transfer is
urgent to me.

There is $18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred
United State Dollars) my husband has in an account with the African
Development Bank, Benin Republic of which I am the next of kin.

With
my health condition and because my husband and I have no children,I am
looking for a credible person that will not betrayed me to whom I will
pass the right of next of kin . This person will apply to the bank and
request for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank account.

This
is on the condition that you will take only 30% of the fund for
yourself,10% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 60%for
the less privilege people in the society.

This is in fulfillment
of the last request of my husband: that a substantial part of the fund
be used to carter for the less privileged.If this conditions acceptable
to you, you should contact me immediately with your full contact
information Below;

Your full name...................................................,
Your Address....................................................,
Your telephone Number and Fax Number........,
Your Occupation.................................................,
Your Age............................................................,

So
that I will ask our family lawyer to prepare the authorization that
will give you the right of next of kin to the account in the bank. I
will also give you a text of the application Letter you are to send to
the bank.

I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time the
fund will be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure
that the fund is used as i have described above. I will like you to
contact my private doctor on his direct telephone number as stated
below:+22999576913. to inform him that you have send me a message,so
that i will reply you by sending you a letter of claim.

Looking
forward to your immediate response to this my email address above and
your information if you are willing to assist me on this project.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Grace Boyi.

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