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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: Bob Horton <bobhorton428@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:47:05 +0100
Subject: Good Morning And Happy Easter

Hello My Friend

My name is Mr. Bob Horton I am the Director of Operations with Bank
of Africa Benin. I have a very interesting transaction to discuss
with you. The business has to do with our late Customer, who is a
nationality of your country and was a Consultant with (SONACOP) oil
Company here in Cotonou Republic of Benin.

On Thursday, December 25, 2003, the late customer and his wife
including their only daughter were involved in Air-Crash near the
Atlantic Ocean in Cotonou suburb. Hence my decision to contact you, I
want to go into partnership with you, The late customer made a (fixed)
deposit and his account with our bank accrues to about (Three Million,
Five hundred and Fifty- Two Thousand US Dollars) (USDM3.552,000.00),
According to the Benin Law, at the expiration of (16 years) the money
will revert to the ownership of the Benin government if nobody applies
to claim the funds. My proposal is, I will like you as a foreigner to
apply as the next of kin to the late customer as you have the same
nationality with him. Note that there will be no problem at all, my
position here guarantees the successful execution of this transaction
within 7 Banking days and the money will be transferred into your
account, then I will come over to your country for us to share in the
ratio of 50% for you and 50% for me.

This partnership will be done with total confidentiality in a climate
of trust and sincerity.
You can view the BBC web-news for the tragedy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm


BBC NEWS | Africa | Airliner crash kills 135 in Benin
news.bbc.co.uk
At least 135 people were killed as a plane plunged into the sea off
the West African state of Benin on Thursday. The chartered Boeing 727
bound for Beirut crashed ...


Kindly reply so I can give you more details.

Your friend and Partner,

Mr. Bob Horton

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