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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: "Bempong Alex" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bempongalex@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 15:19:54 -0800
Subject: kind Assistance!!!

Dear Friend,

It is my wish to solicit your assistance in a claim of $ 9,400,000.00 USD belong to our late customer who
is a gold merchant from your country,this is the true statement that will be of great benefit to both of us,
and I can not reach it without your support, therefore I need your cooperation to claim this fund from my
bank after which you will be eligible for 50% of the fund, while 50% will be mine. Please get back to me if
you are interested for more information: Email: bempongalex@yahoo.co.jp
Sincerely,
Bempong Alex

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