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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 ODOACHI BENSON <dr.odoachi@voila.fr>
Reply-To: dr.odoachibenson@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:21:41 +0000
Subject: FROM: DR ODOACHI BENSON

OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO, WEST AFRICA.

GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD. I AM DR ODOACHI BENSON, AUDITING AND
ACCOUNTING MANAGER, BOA BANK OF AFRICA OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. I NEED
YOUR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF ($49,850,000) MILLION US DOLLARS
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 7 TO 10 BANKING DAYS.

THIS ACCOUNT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER BY NAME, MR. ALAN
WILLIAMS WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH SOME YEARS
AGO, SO I AGREE THAT 50% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU IN RESPECT OF THE
PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, AND 50% WOULD BE FOR ME. THEREAFTER, I WILL
VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED.
REPLY ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED BY CONTACTING ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL
E-MAIL :( dr.odoachibenson@voila.fr ) OR CALL ME +226-74-61-76-07 AND I
WILL FURNISHED YOU WITH MORE DETAILS INFORMATION AS SOON AS I GET YOUR
RESPONSE.

KINDLY FILL IN YOUR INFORMATION BELOW

FULL NAMES:________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________
STATE:_____________________
COUNTRY________________________________
AGE:_________________
OCCUPATION:________________________
MOBILE PHONE:_____________________________
TEL FAX NUMBER:_____________________

REGARDS
FROM: DR ODOACHI BENSON / BILL & EXCHANGE MANAGER
CALL ME +226-74-61-76-07

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DR ODOACHI BENSON
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DR ODOACHI BENSON

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