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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Evang. Rehad Bonke" <info.bonke@rehad>
Reply-To: rehadbonkeeveng@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 02:26:42 -0700
Subject: God Bless you
I am evangelist Rehad Bonke from K?nigsberg, East Prussia, Germany. i was born on 19 April 1940 i became born again at the age of nine i left for missionary work Africa at the age of 10 i had and experience of Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
since thane i decide to preach the gospel to africans for them to fellow the words of GOD and repent. presently now i am in benin republic in africa i mate a man in africa who is very rich and he obtain is wealth from the internet by takeing money from people he is very sick he has travel round the world for treatment but he could not recive good helath the brouth him to the my crusade grown at the seven days of mircale deliverance and breakthrough and he confess his sin and accept christ as his personal saviour and GOD.
he told me to help him plead to those that he lied to and took money from, they should forgive him that he will refund the money back to people that he has robbed and others that have also been rob on internet he personaly told me to help him send this messages to people round the world, he died two weeks after his deliverance he as already contacted me with his lawyer before he died when we make account of everything we discoverd the money in his account was about [125 million in dollars] we are to give this money to any human that as been rob and decive before or to anyone that has the fear of GOD that when he recive this money he will help the poor and help those that have been also rob on internet i personaly have people i can give this to but i dont want is fellow africans to feel that i want to give out to people i know for my personal intrest that is why i decide to stay in Benin Republic and finish up everything and make sure i have satified him and do according to GOD wish.
Note that you are not the only one am sending this to i am sending this to as many people across the world but if you are also intrested you can contact me back with your personal details name country state home adress and a copy of your passport we will pray about all the details that have been summited by people and give it to the name of any body that is been directed by GOD for us to give to but if you are not intrested is not a force thanks for your QUICK respond may GOD almighty help us all in jesus name i pray
God Bless you
Evang. Rehad Bonke
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