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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: "Mr. Benson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <BensonEbogh@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 18:02:44 +0300
Subject: Very Important

Greetings,

My Name is Benson Ebo, I work with a financial Security company located in Lome Togo , and we have in our vault 75kg of gold deposited by Former Prime Minister of Libya Colonel Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi personal assistant. Three months ago I was promoted to the position of general manager and our company transferred me to our newly opened office in Ghana .

Now I have within my authority the ability of re-profiling deposit information of the consignment to be and released to you if you are willing to partner with me.

Please send me an email in confirmation of your receipt of this Email bensonebogh@gmail.com

I look forward to your favorable reply.

Sincerely Yours
Mr. Benson Ebo

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