419 scam: "Benson"<bebsonaoyanosky@gmail.com> Very Important,,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- toghinfozebgode@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Benson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <seitisenitbutnotom@foxmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 08:06:21 +0300
Subject: Very Important,,

Dear Sir,

My Name is Benson Ebo, we have client who is a certified Government contractor who acted as intermediary for the purchase of Hotel Du 2 Fevrier by Former Prime Minister of Libya Colonel Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi. On the 21st of April 2013, my client, his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several inquiries to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.

I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the fund valued at US$11.000,000.00,(Eleven Million United States Dollars)the mentioned amount is still in the bank, so I am writing this email message to you due to the urgent need to invest this fund in your recommended investment after making claim of it, kindly write me back so we may discuss further on the possibilities.

Kindly include your private email address and telephone number.

Thanks and God bless you.
My Private Email Address Is toghinfozebgode@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Mr.Benson Ebo

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