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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. MAURICE AGBOSSAGA MAGA" <sainvestmentscoltd@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rjlife7777@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:11:25 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

FROM: MR. MAURICE AGBOSSAGA MAGA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING,
COTONOU, REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

YOUR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.

Dear Business Partner,

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed
properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and
Finance Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in
Republic of Benin.
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want
the transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further
want his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the
completion of the transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas
agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as
our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction. The Deal in
brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed
investments in your country is presently in a suspense bank account in
the African Development Bank Group and we need your assistance to
transfer the funds to your country or any safe account outside your
country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you
before we can put the funds into use.

For this you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the
ministry (FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING). The contract sum of
which shall run into US$30.5Million of which your share shall be 25%
if you agree to be our overseas agent. Your area of specialization
does not matter in this transaction, all that is required of you is a
safe account and your willingness to assist us acquires estates in
your country.

As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own
share in acquiring some estates abroad and/or any other legitimate
business you feel that is good as you may advice us. For this too, you
shall serve as our agent pending our retirements from government work.
It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction
was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing
the payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed
his numbers and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting
to Taiwan. That was how we lost USD7Million.

So this time around, I will be with you before the remittance is made
into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust
to play a very minimal role until performance is seen.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this
proposal, which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing
this transaction through. If however, you are not disposed to assist,
kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the
proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved.

Thank you in anticipation of your co- operation.

Best Regards,

Maurice Agbossaga Maga

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