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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: "MRS. SOPHIA MARTINS." <dnyaneshm@parirobotics.com>
Reply-To: sophiamartins27@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:39:31 +0530
Subject: Re: MRS SOPHIA MARTINS.



FROM THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITOR,
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BENIN,
COTONOU, REPUBLIC OF BENIN,
WESTAFRICA.

TRANSFER OF ($ 13,520,000.00) THIRTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I AM SOPHIA MARTINS, THE INTERNAL AUDITOR OF BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU
BENIN HERE IN REPUBLIC OF BENIN. DURING THE COURSE OF MY AUDITING, I
DISCOVERED A FLOATING FUND IN AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THE BANK BY MR GABRIEL
SHABEL AND AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED
THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT DIED IN THE (BEIRUT-BOUND CHARTER JET) PLANE
CRASH ON THE 25TH DECEMBER 2003 IN COTONOU (REPUBLIC OF BENIN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash/index.html?iref=mpstoryview.

AND NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN, THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT
IS MR GABRIEL SHABEL A FOREIGNER, AND A LEBANESE TRADER WHO TRADE ON GOLD
AND MINING, HE DIED, SINCE 2003 AND NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS
ACCOUNT OR ANY THING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY
AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT MR GABRIEL SHABEL ENTIRE
FAMILY DIED ALONG WITH HIM IN THE PLANE CRASH. THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS ($
13,520,000.00) THIRTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY , I AM CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS
MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL PERSON HERE, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED
TO ANY FOREIGNER WITH VALID INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE AND
FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER OF
THE ACCOUNT MR GABRIEL SHABEL IS A FOREIGNER TOO, AND THE MONEY CAN ONLY
BE APPROVED INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.

I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER, NEVER CHEAT ME AS SOON
AS THIS IS FUND REMITTED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. WITH MY INFLUENCE AND THE
POSITION OF THE BANK OFFICIAL WE CAN TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO ANY
FOREIGNER'S RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHICH YOU CAN PROVIDE WITH ASSURANCE THAT
THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT PENDING OUR PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SHARING. THE BANK OFFICIAL WILL PROVE ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION
IMMEDIATELY FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS FUND LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE AND
TO BUILD CONFIDENCE.

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION, WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF
THE EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO TELEPHONE
BILLS, WHILE 50% WILL BE FOR ME.

PRIOR TO YOUR INDICATION OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH ME IN THIS
TRANSACTION, I WANT YOU TO FORWARD TO ME YOUR :FULL NAMES: SEX: COMPANY:
IF ANY, FULL CONTACT ADDRESS: CELL PHONE: FAX: CITY: COUNTRY: OCCUPATION
AND ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU ON THE ACCEPTANCE TO
ACCORD THIS TRANSACTION WITH ME.

THANKS
YOURS TRULY,
SOPHIA MARTINS.


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