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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: " Attorney Amadou Benjamin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristeramadou011@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:32:41 +0200
Subject: I hope to hear from you soon

Hello Good afternoon!

I am Lawyer Amadou Benjamin by name, With due respect , I am contacting you to help and assist me to get the deposit of (10.5 million Dollars) my late client Engineer Vasiliy left in his Bank(Lloyds Bank) before his sudden death with his wife and their only Daughter on April 21, 2007.

To avoid confiscation by the bank, Please contact me through this email (barristeramadou011@gmail.com) so that I will tell you everything about this or kindly provide me with your own (private email) address so that I can contact you myself with all the details at your own will.

I hope to hear from you as soon as you read my message.

With kind regards and best wishes to you and your family.

Amadou Benjamin


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