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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: "John Kevin" <ritahawel@clarofree.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: john.kevin13@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 06:06:46 -0500
Subject: Can I Trust You If Yes Urgent


Hello,

Greetings to you. My name is John Kevin, I pray that you will read this
mail very carefully and get back to me with your full support. On the
1st of March 2010, my client and her only daughter were involved in auto
accident along Calavi Express Road here in my country, unfortunately all
occupants of the vehicle lost their lives, and since then I have made
several attempts to locate any of her extended relatives to no avail.

Before her death she deposited US$7.5 Million in one of the banks here
in Benin Republic, and recently the bank has issued me a notice to
provide her next of kin or have the account confiscated, which I decided
to search through the internet to locate any sincere person from your
country, luckily I found your profile and became interested to partner
with you to claim this fund before it will be confiscated or declared as
unclaimed fund to the Government.

I will secure all the legal documents in your name as the beneficiary of
my late client since you are from the same country with her, and I
personally apply to the bank on your behalf for the transfer of the
deposit amount of US$7,500,000.00 to your bank account without any
problem.

All I need is your honest to enable us see the success of this deal, I
guarantee you that this business will be executed under legitimate
arrangement to protect you from any breach of law. I will be coming over
to your country immediately after the transaction for the sharing and
good investment through your help.

Please if you are interested to partner with me then kindly respond back
to me through this email john.kevin90@yahoo.fr for more details.

Regards,
John Kevin.

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