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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 Apeah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benjaminaphh@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 15:18:09 -0400
Subject: Business Investments.

Dear Friend,
I am writing to you in respect of an embattled friend of mine, Mr. Bo Xilai. My name is Benjamin Apeah  I am a former  management executive with the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China in UK. The bank website is http://www.icbcasia.com. I am currently managing a consultant firm, when I was working with the Industrial & Commercial bank of China Limited.
I assisted Mr. Bo Xilai (former President of China) in handling most of his private banking transactions because of my due diligence and honesty in handling his banking issue, he made me his Accounts Officer and both of us became close friends, Presently Mr. Bo Xilai is in a difficult situation with the Chinese government and he has presented a subtle offer to me which requires the help of a financially credible partner.
He wants the sum of $60million currently in a fixed-term deposit with a security firm  to be retrieved immediately for investment placement before it is trace to him, he want the  retrieval to be made  in a confidential manner  without any  link to him. The fund was deposited in the name of an existing legal entity and  Your role will be:
{1}  To retrieve the funds as the beneficiary.
{2}  To receive the funds into a business or private bank account.
{3}  To invest and Manage the funds
{4} To invest the funds in a long term profit oriented venture (5-10% ROI/PA)
The transaction will be executed with legal documents that will grant you the beneficiary status of the fund. If you are interested, express your interest by responding immediately to my proposal, if you want to know more about Mr. Bo Xilai's current profiles, please visit these sites:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/23/world/asia/china-bo-xilai/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24170726
I look forward to receiving your earliest reply, through my direct email address    benjaminaphh@yahoo.com.br
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Benjamin Apeah

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