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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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Fraud email example:

From: Kaith Benediate <bkaith909@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 01:59:27 -1200
Subject: I await your response.

Dearst

It is a pleasure to write you this proposal which I know will interest
you, how ever I fund your contact/profil on my personal search for a
trust worthy person. I know this may come to you as asurprise but mind
you it is never a jok, though we have not seeing or known each other
for the first time but trust and confidence is the key to this
transaction but meanwhile may I introduce myself first,I am Mrs kaith
Benediate wife of the formale LATE GEN. Benediate of CONGO (d.r.c).

This business proposal I went to impose on you must be highly
confidential between the both of us.My husband Late Gen. Benediate was
assasinated by a troop of rebal assasins but before his death he
deposited two trunk boxes with a security company in Abidjan Cote
D'ivoire and told them that the trunks boxes contains"metal/wood art
works" belonging to a foreign contractor but the real content of the
trunks ismoney it contains 32.6 million USD he told them that it
contains metal/wood art works belonging to a foreign contractor to
enable them not to open the boxes but before my husbands death the
country press wanted to tress this deposit he made and he immediately
asked the security company to tansfer the deposited item to any of
there branches outside the countinent and the security company made an
immediate transfer of this boxes through a deplomatic form to there
branch office in Europe now this trunks boxes is in Europe and still
remains under the security custody of Abidjan Cote D'ivoire still as
metal/wood art work belonging to a foreign contractor. On giving me
the documents my late husband told me everything concerning the
deposit he made, my husband did not present any body to the security
company as the foreign contractor that owns the deposited item.

So what I went from you is to assist me in the release of this boxes
in Europe but mean while this has to do with the head office in
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire because it is the place were to this trunks was
deposited and they also are the people that ransferred it to there
branch in Europe. I have the documents giving on the day of deposit my
husband gave it to me when he was wait alive I never now he did it for
a purpose and now that he has died.

This money is the only hope and future I have for myself and my
children because after my husbands death we were restricted from
movement in thecountry (CONGO) and everything that my husband has was
sized I and my children narrowly escaped out of the country through
the help of some force offices who are royal to my late husband when
he was on sit, we are now staying in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire under a
political status by the government of Abidjan Cote D'ivoire to contact
me, You must bear in mind that the documents are with me and I will
not hesitate to send them to you as soon as trust, confidence and good
relationship is exstablished between the both of us. After the release
of the trunks boxes to you over there you will then open the boxes
personally and send me and my children money for our visa and ticket
to come over to your country for the investment of this money I
believe that as God lives you will not in any way sit on this money
when you collect it.
On your interest of this proposal, firstly I will like you to send me
your home address, personal phone and fax number.

I await your response.
Thanks
Best regards
Mrs kaith Benediate

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