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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: Ben Mark <"www89."@salsa.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Ben Mark <benmark63@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 03:15:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Compliment of the day my good friend

Compliment of the day my good friend

It is my pleasure to reach you after our successful attempt on our business transaction. Well, I just want to use this medium to thank you very much for your earlier assistance in the past to help me in receiving the fund,I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in transferring the fund with the help of a new partner from Brazil. Everything was perfectly done because we stroke a deal with one of the Lady accountant who works with the Federal Ministry of Finance (F M F), and she rendered tremendous help to us. My new partner initiated this idea and it worked out successfully.

In appreciation of your earlier assistance to me in receiving the funds which you did not complete with me, I have decided to compensate you with the sum of Nine hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars ($950,000.00 USD) Please accept it as a token of appreciation from Me. Presently, I am in Mexico for investment project. Since it was difficult to contact you before i traveled due to the urgency of my business schedule, I have left instruction with Mr.Ben Mark the foreign remittance department of African development bank Parakou branch Benin Republic to send your cheque. You need to contact him today with his contact details as below.

His name: BEN MARK
E-mail: benmark63@yahoo.com
Tel: +229 99 185 455

Please email him and inform him that I have contacted you that he should go ahead to send your compensation cheque.You have to reconfirm your information to him so that he will confirm that you are the person supposed to contact him, considering the kind of information he is expecting, so feel free to get in touch with Mr. Ben Mark he will mail you the cheque without any hitch.Send to him the following data: Your delivery Address, Your Full Name, Country, City, Age, Sex, Phone Number, Occupation. If you wish to receive your money in a cheque, kindly tell him your preference to receive your $950,000.00 USD.You can as well forward to me your full details as mention above so that i will send it to him.

God Bless you and your family.
Regards,
Mr.Charles Rodrique

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