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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: mrsamgebj1@aol.jp
Reply-To: mrsnagelabnk@aol.jp
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 14:50:22 +0800
Subject: Compliments



Dearest ,
=

=


Compliments. May the peace of the Lord be with you as you read and thanks f=
or accepting my add.

I am Dr. Mrs. Angela Benjamin from Iceland, married to Late Engr. Brown Wil=
liams {PhD} ( American) who worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY EXXON AS =
A DRILLING RIG SUPPLIER in Saudi Arabia for 19 years before he died on the =
25th of August, 2013. We were married for twenty four years without a child=
. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his =
death, he deposited the sum of 3,243,728.00 US Dollars ( Three Million, Two=
Hundred and Forty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Eight United St=
ates Dollars) with a bank In Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and this fund is present=
ly with the bank awaiting my disbursement as beneficiary and
next of kin to the funds. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last=
for the next two weeks due to the level of my Cancer. Having known my cond=
ition, I
decided to donate this fund to an organization or good person that will uti=
lize this money in good faith.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this =
money. I kept this deposit secret till date, this is why I am taking this
decision. I don't think I will need any telephone communication in this reg=
ard because of my condition.All i have to do is introduce you to the banker=
so that they will transfer the funds to your Ministry. Upon your reply I s=
hall give you the contact of the bank. I will also issue a letter of author=
ization to the bank that will prove you the present beneficiary of this mon=
ey.Await your responds and God bless you.

Grace.
=



Mrs. Angela Benjamin =

e-mail : mrsamgebenj1@aol.jp


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