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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: Ben Saed <bensa2@terra.com>
Reply-To: bensa1@terra.com
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:12:42 +0000
Subject: Personally for You

Hello,

This email is personally for you alone. Please, I request it to be treated
as such only, I am Mr. Ben Saed, I have urgent and very confidential
business proposition that will be of great benefit for both of us. I will
give you more details as regards this transaction as soon as you notify me
of your interest.

Mr. Ben Saed.

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