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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: "Miss. Rita Benson" <kohrogokabila0010@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Miss. Rita Benson" <ritabenson5050@outlook.fr>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:27:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS

URGENT ASSISTANCE
FROM: MISS RITA BENSON.

GREETINGS,

PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS RITA BENSON, I AM 22
YEARS OLD, I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR. PASCAL BENSON WHO WAS A FAMOUS GOLD
MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN HERE,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST (COTE
D'IVOIRE) BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.

I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE SUM OF
(US$6,500,000.00 ) INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IT IS MY INHERITANCE FUND FROM MY
LATE FATHER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THIS FUND AS YOUR COMMISSION FOR
YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE TO ME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS IN RELATION TO THIS FUND DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN THE BANK.

PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE DETAILS CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT OF THE
MONEY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME.

YOURS SINCERELY,

RITA BENSON

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