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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: Master Aka Benjamin <info@orionfinance.net>
Reply-To: <akabenjamin30@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:41:35 -0700
Subject: Details from Aka Benjamin



--
Dear Sir / Ma,

With due Respect, My name is Benjamin Aka, the only Son of late Mr/Mrs
Aka.
My father and mother were very wealthy farmers and cocoa merchant when
they
were both alive. After the death of my mother, long ago, my father was
controlling their business until he was poisoned by his business
associates
which he suffered and died. Before the death of my father on September
2011
in a private hospital here in Abidjan where he was admitted, He
secretly
called me his bed side and disclosed to me about the sum of Ten million
Five hundred thousand US dollars. ($10.5million) he left in suspense
account in one of the bank here in Abidjan, it was the money he
intended to
transfer overseas for investment before he was poisoned.

He also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any
country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money in overseas
account where the money will be save and invested wisely. Because of
the
current political problem here in Ivory Coast I decided to transfer the
money to abroad where it will be save and invested. Therefore, I am
crying
and seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways.

(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the money will be
transferred
for investment.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a boy of 18 years
old.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my
education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and
industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you. Please if
you
are willing to assist me i will offer you 20% of the total money

As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to
assist
me to successfully transfer the money into your nominated account, Then
we
shall move into the transfer process as i will be giving you the bank
contact where my late father deposited the money. For the
confidentiality
of this transaction i am expecting to hear from you.

Best regards from,
Benjamin Aka

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