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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gani.dasuki1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr.Gani Dasuk" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gani.dasuki1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:06:29 -0700
Subject: I need your reply.
Can I trust you
I am Gani Dasuki, the chairman of the board of External Auditor at the United Bank for Africa Plc UBA here at the Federal Republic of Benin.I got your email address and your name through our online profile search.Can i trust you on this great business deal which is capable of taking care of all our future financial needs.During our annual audit we found out that One American Engineer and Oil merchandise Mr.Martin Cox who deposited a total sum of $10.9M with the United Bank for Africa Plc was killed along with his wife by kidnappers.All our efforts to locate any of his relatives proved abortive and since then no one has ever showed up as his next of kin.So the bank executive Board gave us just 21 days ultimatum to provide his next of kin or else the total funds will be confiscated and declared Federal Government asset.So can i trust you and present you to the bank as the next of kin to the late Martin Cox so that the bank will release the total sum of $10.9m into your account after approval.We are going to sh
The transaction is hundred percent risk free as long as i am the chairman of the board of external auditors.Therefore if you are interested and wish to work with me sincerely to achieve this aim then you reply on this my Private E-mail address {gani.dasuki1@gmail.com} with your full contact information such as your full name,address and mobile phone number so that i will direct you on how to proceed immediately since time is no longer on our side.
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Gani Dasuk
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