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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:
- 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:
- "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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Benelia Acheson." <figddw@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "benelia.acheson@hotmail.com" <benelia.acheson@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 14:43:28 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Greetings to you in the name of our Lord.
Mrs. Benelia Acheson.
2583 Rue de ville,
Abidjan.
Cote d’Ivoire.
Donation for the Work of God and
charity services.
My Greetings,
I once again try to reach you as my earlier message to you returned
undelivered. I am presently very ill in a hospital from the Stroke that
happened to me shortly after the death of my husband.
I also thank God for the help and assistance i receiving from a nurse in
the hospital who is also a believer (Nurse Rebecca); she even helped me
write this message.
I have contacted you because there is the sum of €2,200,000.00 (Two Million
Two Hundred Thousand Euros) deposited in a bank here by my late husband and
i have chosen to donate this money so that you can use it for the expansion
of the message of the good news and to bring relief to the needy where it
is most needed.
As a servant and child of the living Most High God, please i want you to
pray about this so that God can give you both strength of mind and body to
fulfill this mission to the glory of his name.
Please if i reach you this time around as i am hopeful, endeavor to get
back to me as soon as possible so that this noble project can be completed
to the glory of his holy name and those in need of our love and support
I await your prompt response.
Mrs. Benelia Acheson.

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