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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: Benjamin Asraf <benja.asraf@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 00:07:37 -0700
Subject: From Benjamin

>From Benjamin
Address: Ghana Nanapadi's Charity Home.

Please, I decided to contact you directly for your guidelines and
assistance in making a business investment. My name is Benjamin Asraf, I am
the only Son of late Mohammad Asraf and I will like to tell you one secret
about me and my intentions.Before the death of my father he was a big
exporter of coffee and Gold from Sierra Leone and Ghana to England and also
to India, My late father gave me a secret concerning money he deposit in
the Bank. My late father deposits 6,000,000.00 British Pounds in my name as
the next of kin. And my fathers relatives made some attempts on my life in
order to inherit my fathers wealth so due to this attitude of my father's
relatives, I decided to run to Accra Ghana where i am presently living in a
Charity Home now.

I really do not mean to waste your time. Considering the fact that this is
a 6,000,000.00 British Pounds' thai i need your help to transfer this money
to your Account.

I want to put my faith in you because I trust you and trust is something we
cannot buy but we can build so I wish to build an everlasting relationship
with you by trusting you to help me transfer this money to your Account.
And as soon as the money is transfer to your Account you will help me to
come to your country and you will also help me to invest the money in your
country .

Remain Blessed
Benjamin Asraf

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