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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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Fraud email example:

From: Benjamin <mss1989b@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mss1989b@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:30:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: DEAREST ONE!!!




Dear Beloved One,

I am Miss Rose Benjamin, from Cote d'ivoire, in West Africa. I am a daughter to late Mr.Steven Benjamin,we are two left in the family after the death of our late father,I and my younger brother james is in need of your kind assistance. Our Father Mr.Steven Benjamin, was a well known rich businessman in this Country Cote d'ivoire, he exports Gold/ Timber to many Countries in the world and he was a political advicer to the formar president of this Country  Cote d'ivoire  Pressident Laurent Gbagbo, who is now  in Holand ( World Prison yard ).  

Our Late Father Mr.Steven Benjamin,died on the 15th of january 2011. He was killed by (his political opponents) during the last presidential election that was conducted here in this Country Cote d'ivoire on 30th of October 2010, betwen formar president Laurent Gbagbo and the new elected president Mr.Allassan Quattara who is now the new elected president of Cote d'ivoire.

After the election, there was a very big political crisis that started in this Country to the extent that thousands of our citizens were killed including our own Father. Our Father was killed by his Related brothers that belongs to other political group. They killed our Father and destroyed most of our landed properties including our residential home. They wanted to kill me with my only Brother James, luckly to us,we were saved by a Miliitary officer whom God used to save our lives that very day. The Millitary officer took us to one of the big camp were i and my younger brother are living till today.

Since then,The same people that killed our Father destroyed all our fathers landed properties including all the motors, demolished our houses, are still threating to kill me and my only brother.As i am writing to you know, I and my brother James are living in this Camp with fear because of this wicked people, and  this same people are into the ruling Government of the new elected president Mr Allassan Quattara.

Our Late Father Mr.Steven Benjamin,deposited the sum of US$9.5.000.00 Dollars( Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ) in one of the big FINANCE & SECURITY CO. here in this Country when he was alive, and he told me that he used my name as the next of kin when he deposited the fund.  This very fund US$9.5 Million Dollars is still in this COMPANY till today, because of the present situation, i and my brother lives in danger here in this Country for almost one year and some months because of this Murderers, i have decided to transfer this fund outside this country befor it will be too late for us. I thought by now that they have taken over the Government,that they will stop the killings but yet,they are killing people secreatly day by day and were fighting to Eliminate i and my brother lives so that no living bieng will exist in my family.

I can not support the situation anymore and I and my brother will not keep living in hiden and fears. So, I request for your urgent assistance to help me transfer this fund (US$9.5 Million Dollars) to your account there in your Country so that i and my brother  will relocate to your Country to invest the fund,to save our lives from danger here in this Country and to start a new life there in your Country for our better future.

I took this decision to transfer this fund  to your account because there is nothing again left for us here in this Country except this fund because all that our late Father had achived have been destroyed by those wicked killers and the best thing for us to do now is to leave this Country before it will be too late for us.

I will offer you 20% of the total Fund (Nine Million, Five hundred Thousand Dollars) as soon as you assist me to transfer this fund to your account there in your Country and help us to relocate to there immediately after the successful transfer.The 80% of the Fund will be invested in any project which you will advice me to establish in your Country.
I promise you that any project or business which we are going to invest this fund into, the income benefit will be shared between  both of us 50%-50% . Reply me urgently if you are interested in this transaction because any delay to your reply, we give me a room to look for another reliable person for the same business proposal.

I await your urgent reply.
 
God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Miss.Rose Benjamin

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