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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: "Cedric Odion" <cedricodion104@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Cedric Odion" <odioncedric104@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:16:34 -0800
Subject: Investment Proposal...


Hello,
My names are Mr. C=E9dric Odion, I am a banker by profession and I work wi=
th one of the well known bank in Cotonou city in BENIN REPUBLIC and current=
ly holding the post of bill and exchange manager at the foreign remittance =
department of my Bank.
I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation to secure =
an opportunity to invest and do joint business with your company or as an i=
ndividual in your country.
It has been years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our=
bank to launder money overseas through the help of their Political adviser=
s. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa wer=
e money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their=
Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign =
accounts.
I acted as the Bank account Officer to most of the politicians and when I =
discovered that they were using me to succeed in their greedy act; I also c=
leaned some of their banking records from the Bank files / system, no one c=
ared to ask me because the money was too much for them to control. They lau=
ndered about $14.1 billion USD during the process. I also used the opportun=
ity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official =
trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfe=
rs were being closed after transfer. =

As I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert ($10.5m USD) Ten=
Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars and was logged in accou=
nt belonging to no one in our bank.
It's been more than eight years now and most of the politicians are no lon=
ger using our bank to transfer funds overseas because their tenure has ende=
d. The ($10.5m USD) has been lying afloat in our bank, as an officer of thi=
s bank I cannot be directly connected to this fund and the bank is anxious =
now to know who the beneficiary to these funds is. Indeed I will appreciate=
if you can receive this fund in your bank account let=2019s use it for joi=
nt investment or share it between us 30% for you and 70% for me, there are =
practically no risks involved.
I am in the position to guide you towards this transaction and all I need =
from you is to stand as the beneficiary of these funds, so that upon your r=
equest for its immediate transfer your account the bank will not hesitate t=
o transfer to your designated bank account.
Meanwhile, on indication of your willingness to sincerely handle this tran=
saction as per my request I would furnish you with the full detailed inform=
ation and procedure I have mapped out for this transaction.
If you accept this offer to work with me and find this proposal suitable f=
or you do reply back to me immediately let=2019s discuss in details.
Yours Faithfully,
C=E9dric Odion

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