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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: "BEN ONUORA (ESQ.)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <37157237@one.co.il>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 19:44:46 +0100
Subject: RE: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST...

EN ONUORA (ESQ.)
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
BENON CHAMBERS
BEN ONUORA & COMPANY (BENON CHAMBERS)
BOOKSHOP HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR, 50-52 BROAD STREET
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS. NIGERIA

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the Estate of Late Belmar Park, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter to you returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL.

I wish to notify you that Late Belmar Park made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Four million five hundred and Twenty thousand United States Dollars (USD 4,520.000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL. This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or possibly you were simply recommended to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good.

Late Belmar Park, until his death was a member of the Institute for Philanthropy as well other Recognized Organizations and associations worldwide. He had a very good heart and was a true philanthropist. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Belmar Park died as a result of a Bellview Airlines Flight 210 which crash landed almost immediately after take off on Saturday 22nd October, 2005, full details on :

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4368516.stm

His WILL is now ready for execution. According to him this money is to support humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in your society.

Please if I succeed in reaching you this time around as I am hoping, kindly endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time.


Sincerely yours,

BEN ONUORA (ESQ.)

PRINCIPAL PARTNER
BENON CHAMBERS
BEN ONUORA & COMPANY (BENON CHAMBERS)
BOOKSHOP HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR, 50-52 BROAD STREET
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS. NIGERIA

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