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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "evergelist rehad bonke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rehqdbonke@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 01:39:18 +0100
Subject: Remain Bless
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i am evergelist rehad bonke from Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. i
was born on 19 April 1940
i became born again at the age of nine i left for missionary work
Africa at the age of 10 i had
and experience of Baptism in the Holy Spirit.since thane i decide to
preach the gospel to africans
for them to fellow the words of GOD and repent. presently now i am in
benin republic in africa
i mate a man in africa who is very rich and he obtain is wealth from
the internet by takeing money from people he is very sick he has
travel round the world for treatment but he could not recive good
helath the brouth him to the my crusade grown at the seven days of
mircale deliverance and breakthrough and he confess his sin and accept
christ as his personal saviour and GOD. he told me to help him plead
to those that he as lied and taken money from, they should forgive him
that he will refund the money back to people that he as rob and other
that have also been rob on internet he personaly told me to help him
sent this messages to people round the world, he died two weeks after
his deliverance he as already contacted me with her lawyer before he
die when we make account of everything we discoverd the money in his
account was about [125 million in dollars] we are to give this money
to any human that as been rob and decive on internet before or to any
one that as the fear of GOD that when he recive this money he will
help the poor and help those that have been also rob on internet i
personaly have people i can give this to but i dont want is fellow
africans to feel that i want to give out to people i know for my
personal intrest that is why i decide to stay in benin republic and
finish up everything and make sure i have satified him and do
according to GOD wish. note that you are not the only one am sending
this to i am sending this to as many people across the world but if
you are also intrested you can contact me back with your personal
details name country state home adress and a copy of your passport we
will pray about all the details that have been summited by people and
give it to the name of any body that is been directed by GOD for us to
give to but if you are not intrested is not a force thanks for your
QUICK respond may GOD almighty help us all in jesus name i pray
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