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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: AGBAHE Mawuena Koffi <hotegel@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: rus_azi@yahoo.dk
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:33:34 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From AGBAHE Mawuena Koffi.






My
Dear,



I am Mr. AGBAHE Mawuena Koffi, a Private lawyer to late Mr.
Alexander H. , a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of
petroliers total Benin, on 31st of July 2010 my client and his family were
involved in a car accident unfortunately lost their lives, my client had an
account valued at about $9. 5Million USD United State Dollars) deposited in Bank
here in Benin Republic,i want to present you as the next of kin to my late
client so that this amount will be paid to you as the beneficiary, then you and
i will share it 50% to you and 50% to me. So Please if you are interested, i
need your email address, your full name, telephone number age and your
occupation/position send it to my private email: (rus_azi@yahoo.dk) so that I
will send more details to you. Thanks and God Bless



I await your reply
ASAP



Your full
name:......................

Age:.......................

Occupation:............................

Private
e-mail address:........................

Mobile phone
number:............................

Your country of
residence:........................



Best Regards

AGBAHE Mawuena
Koffi.

Attorney at law Esq.

+229 68238279

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