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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: Mrs Benedicta Solange <mrsbenedicta13@adinet.com.uy>
Reply-To: mrs_benedicta_solange@live.fr
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:41:04 -0300 (UYT)
Subject: DEAR BELOVED ONE

My name is Benedicta Solange, An French Nationality born in Nantes (France) and
i reside for almost 22 years now in Benin Republic for purely Gold Business. My
company name is: (Berossy Gold Sarl).
Dearest, I am sharing this message to explain what I currently lives as tragedy
and also the decision that I took presently.I have been a few months victim of
an incurable disease that eats away at my health. I am suffering because of a
throat cancer. Everything inside of my throat has become a big wound that
continues to rot and deteriorate more. The disease prevents me now to talk and
even eat properly.

Today, I have no one because I am an orphan since I was born and grew up in an
orphanage. Also, I lost my husband seven years ago, unfortunately, we could not
have children because he was diagnose of low sperm count and we where on the
treatment before he died. To top it all, all our friends and contacts have
forsaken me since the death of my late husband, it was just''profiteers''.

Today, I am left to myself and am master of all I want to take but
unfortunately my health prevents me from taking care of something arbitrary.

After several results and analysis in various European and American clinics and
presently at London where i am now, The doctors, told me that my days are now
numbered, that i am living the last moments of my life.I am therefore sentenced
to 65years dying from this terrible disease because my doctor has just informed
me there were only one month to live on this earth and that men can not do
anything for me.

That is why I contacted you to ask you a great service as it would not be
possible for me to do it myself because of my health.I deposited in September
2006 in BANK OF AFRICA there in Benin Republic, a large sum of money Four
million euros ( 4,000,000€ ). I will want to hand over this money to you as to
enable you establish a charitable foundation in my memory so that God's grace
be with me until my last home and I can enjoy an honorable place with the Lord
our father.

If you will be willing to assist me on this project, kindly, contact me on my
private email ( mrs_benedicta_solange@live.fr ) and i will give you the deposit
certificate of this funds with BANK OF AFRICA and i will also sworn an
affidavit for change of ownership status that will officially and legally makes
you the beneficiary to my funds, so that even if i die you will not have any
confrontation from any body in receiving the funds.


I will wait your reply.

Please accept my best regards and God bless you.

Mrs Benedicta Solange

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