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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: "DR.DAVISON AWOSOU" <norazah@moa.gov.my>
Reply-To: "DR.DAVISON AWOSOU" <awosou.davison@onet.pl>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:35:42 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: VALUED ATTN DEAR FRIEND


COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY

DO ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLOGIES IF MY MAIL DOES NOT MEET YOUR PERSONAL ETHICS. I WILL INTRODUCE MYSELF FIRST TO YOU. MY NAME IS DR.DAVISON AWOSOU MANAGER IN THE ACCOUNTS MANAGEMENT SECTION OF A BANK HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC . ONE OF OUR ACCOUNTS WITH HOLDING BALANCE OF US$7,300,000 USD (SEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) HAS BEEN DORMANT AND IT HAS NOT BEEN OPERATED FOR THE PAST YEARS AND AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO USED TO WORK AS THE DIRECTOR OF PRODUITS PATROLLERS (TOTAL BENIN ) OIL COMPANY COTONOU IN BENIN REPUBLIC WEST COAST OF AFRICA . WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY ON 25TH DECEMBER 2003 IN A PLANE CRASH.

VIEW THIS WEB SITE FOR MORE INFO: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm

AND SINCE THEN NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING AS REGARDS THE CLAIMING OF THIS MONEY BECAUSE HE HAS NO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF NEITHER THE ACCOUNT NOR THE FUNDS. I HAVE SECRETLY DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH SOME OF THE BANK OFFICIALS AND WE HAVE AGREED TO FIND A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER TO MAKE THIS DEAL.. WE THUS PROPOSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU, STANDING IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN SINCE YOU ARE A FOREIGNER HAVING THE SAME LAST NAME WITH OUR CLIENT,SO THAT THIS FUND WILL RELEASED TO YOU AFTER DUE PROCESSES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED.

IF YOU ACCEPT TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT WITH US, WE WILL OFFER YOU 40% OF THE TOTAL SUM, WHILE I AND MY COLLEAGUES INVOLVED WILL TAKE 60% OF THE TOTAL SUM. UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO DO THIS DEAL WITH US, WE WILL JOINTLY EFFECT THE TRANSFER WITHIN EIGHT WORKING DAYS.THIS TRANSACTION IS TOTALLY FREE OF RISK AND TROUBLES AS THE FUND IS LEGITIMATE AND DOES NOT ORIGINATE FROM DRUG, MONEY LAUNDRY, TERRORISM OR ANY OTHER ILLEGAL ACT. ON YOUR INTEREST, LET ME HEAR FROM YOU.

REPLY WITH THE ASSURANCE, ALONG WITH YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS AND YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE........... &COUNTRY CODE ...............
YOUR ADDRESS.......... &COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.................................................
YOUR AGE....................................................................................
YOUR OCCUPATION.................................................
YOUR PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS......................................

NOTE:PLEASE KINDLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL TO AVOID THE ANY SECOND PARTY CONTACTING THE BANK ON THIS SAME ISSUE.

THANKING YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ADVANCE AND CO-OPERATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,
DR.DAVISON AWOSOU
PRIVATE ID: dr.awosoudavison@outlook.com

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