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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Benjamin Kwakume" <kwabenjamin@dalmatovo.ru>
Reply-To: benjaminkwakume@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:19:46 +0000
Subject: I need your urgent attention,


Hello Dear.
I need your attention urgently, my Names is Mr. Benjamin Kwakume, I am
the principal treasury foreign account department with one of the prime
banks, I am reaching you base on one of our late client a national of
your country, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in
Ivory Coast, the late client made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for
twelve calendar months, valued at $16,700,000.00 (Sixteen Million Seven
Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, we have sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no respond. We
have been sending reminder to his forwarding address every three months
still today we did get any respond.

After a year I discovered from one of his business partner at PETRO-CI
Corporation Company that our client was assassinated during the
political crisis here in Ivory Coast which leads President Laurence
Gbagbo to the ICC Court facing awaiting trial, this sum of
($16,700,000.00) is still sitting in our bank and the interest is rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year, according to the
law of Ivory Coast, at the expiration of 5 {five} years, the money will
be revert to the ownership of the Ivory Coast government if nobody
claims the funds Consequently, since nobody have come for claims, in my
searching to locate the deceased family, I discover that you bear the
same surnames with the deceased person, I therefore request for your
attention and interest towards this issue, which I will like to present
you to our bank as the next of KIN as family member to the deceased
person, so that this money will not be reverted by the government, If
this request matches with your inward intention for success and
greatness, then you are urged to make a quick response indicating your
interest and readiness to participate and work with me to make this
successful.

Therefore, if you are interested to handle this confidential project
with me, I will be very happy and willing to give you more information’s
of the transaction with an application form letter containing the
deceased account details which you will fill and send to our bank as the
next of KIN and family member for the claims, and instruct for the
transfer of the funds into any account of your choice, after the
successful transfer into your account, this funds would be shared in the
ratio of: 55% for your kind assistance while 45% for me, If you agree to
help execute this business while 5% is for any expenses that may incur
during the transaction, as the manager in charge of the deceased account
information’s, I will use my significant influence in the bank to secure
approvals and guarantee the successful completion of this transaction
since you bear the same surnames with the deceased person.

Please be informed that your extreme discretion is required, If this
proposition interests you, kindly reply me directly by email and
indicate your readiness and willingness to finalize this transaction
with me, equally email me with your full name, your address, year of
birth, your contact telephone and fax numbers, upon receipt of your
positive response with the requested information, I will start the
preliminary arrangements and also draft an Application letter you will
endorse and send it officially to our Bank to enable them star
Administrative Processing and Approval in your favor, and Please I will
like you to keep this proposal top secret or delete it if you are not
interested at all thank you.

Thanks for your time as I look forward to your timely and positive
reply.
Respectfully yours,
Mr. Benjamin Kwakume.

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