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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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Fraud email example:

From: " Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah" <victorgagno2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: peninnaha788@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:18:34 -0700
Subject: Greetings in the name of Lord

Greetings in the name of Lord


My name is Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah I am a Norway Citizen who is
living in Burkina

Faso, I am married to Mr. Benaiah Jeremiah, a politician who owns a small gold

company in Burkina Faso; He died of Leprosy and Radesyge, in the year
February2010,

During his lifetime he deposited the sum of € 8.5 Million Euro) Eight
million,Five

hundred thousand Euros in a bank in Brussels the capital city of
Belgium in Europe The

money was from the sale of his company and death benefits payment and
entitlements

of my deceased husband by his company.

I am sending you this message with heavy tears in my eyes and great
sorrow in my

heart, and also praying that it will reach you in good health because
I am not in good

health, I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see
the next day. I am

suffering from long time cancer and presently I am partially suffering
from Leprosy,

which has become difficult for me to move around. I was married to my
late husband

for more than 6 years without having a child and my doctor confided
that I have less

chance to live, having to know when the cup of death will come, I
decided to contact

you to claim the fund since I don't have any relation I grew up from
an orphanage

home.

I have decided to donate this money for the support of helping
Motherless babies/Less

privileged/Widows and churches also to build the house of God because
I am dying and

diagnosed with cancer for about 3 years ago. I have decided to donate
from what I

have inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of
Almighty God; I will

be going in for an operation surgery soon.Now I want you to stand as
my next of kin to

claim the funds for charity purposes. Because of this money remains
unclaimed after

my death, the bank executives or the government will take the money as
unclaimed

fund and maybe use it for selfishness and worthless ventures, I need a
very honest

person who can claim this money and use it for Charity works, for
orphanages, widows

and also build schools and churches for less privilege that will be
named after my late

husband and my name.I need your urgent answer to know if you will be able to

execute this project, and I will give you more information on how the
fund will be

transferred to your bank account or online banking.

Thanks
Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah

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