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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: Kelvin Dossa <kelvindossa@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: kelvindossa@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:09:17 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From: Mr. Kelvin Dossa


  


From: Mr. Kelvin DossaCotonou, Republique du Benin.
I
am Mr. Kelvin Dossa, working with Benin Republic as the senior
supervisor in accounting / auditing department of our bank. I have
decided to contact you through this medium based on a business proposal,
which will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I know this might sound
like scam to you because of a lot of activities going on in the internet
today. But I assure you that this is real.
I
was the account officer to one of our late customer, a citizen of your
country, who used to
work with an oil servicing company here in Republique du Benin, the
late customer  made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for 6years, valued
at us 18.6 million (eighteen million six hundred thousand euro) in my
branch. Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply.
After
a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, Benin Oil Corporation that the customer died in an
automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he did
not leave a will and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that the late customer  did not
declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his
bank deposit paperwork.
This
sum of (18.6 million Euro) is still sitting in the bank and the
interest is rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
No one will come forward to claim it. According to the Republique du
Benin law, at the expiration of 6(six)years, the money will revert to
the ownership of the Benin government if nobody applies to claim the
funds. By the end of this month  the account will be confiscated if no
come to claim the
fund.

Please
observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to my share for investment in your country. in your return
mail, please do forward me your following information if you are willing
to complete this deal with me, to enable me put the total fund in your
name for claim as the next of kin to the deceased
person:
Your full name:Your contact address:Your phone number:Your age:Profession: Private email account

Awaiting your urgent reply. kelvindossa@yahoo.com
Regards,

Mr. Kelvin Dossa.
I EXPECT YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE !!!

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