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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: Cynthia Benson <cynthiabenson432@outlook.com>
Reply-To: cynthiabenson0423@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:21:26 +0000
Subject: Very Urgent



--
Hello Dear, How are you doing?
i hope all is well with you, I will really like to have a good
relationship with you and I have a special reason why I decided to
contact you because of the urgency of my situation here. I am writing
this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my
heart, My name is Miss. Cynthia Benson. Am 24 years old girl from
Zimbabwe in Africa,the only daughter of Late Christopher Benson who was
killed by his Business partner. my late father was importer and exporter
of many types of business. my father was killed by his Business partner.

My father Business partner sent armed robbers to kill all the members of
my family because my father was progressing more than him. The armed
robbers came around 1:am in the night they killed my father my mother
and my two small brothers. Am the only survive in my family because i
was not in the house when the criminals came i was in the school hostel.
Am the only survive of my family so i managed to make my way to the
nearby country Senegal, where am now residing in a refugee camp in Dakar
Senegal for the sake of my life.
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I am
receiving from my step mother since i loss my parents. She planned to
take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the
unexpected death of my beloved Father. Her aim was to kill me too so
that she will take every thing my father left.

Meanwhile I wanted to escape to Europe but she hide away my
international passport and other valuable traveling documents. Luckily
she did not discover where I kept my Father's File which contains
important documents. So I decided to run to the refugee camp in Dakar
Senegal where I am presently seeking asylum under the United Nations
High Commission for the Refugee here in Dakar, Republic of Senegal. I
wish to contact you personally for a long term business relationship and
investment assistance in your country.

My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 5.500,000.00 us
dollars in Finance Firm with my name as the next of kin when he was
alive. i want you to help me to transfer this money from the bank my
late father deposited it to your account in your country so that i will
join you and invest the money over there. i contact you because i need a
Foreign business partner who will help me in this transaction. I can
only get Foreign business partner through computer that is the reason
why i contacted you. However I shall forward you the necessary
information of the deposit on confirmation of your acceptance to assist
me for the transfer and investment of the fund in your country.

As you will help me in an investment and I will like to complete my
studies in your country after the transfer, as I was in my school before
i escaped to this country Senegal to safe my life. i want you to help me
to transfer the money from the bank my late father deposited the money
to your account in your country all i need is your honesty and
trustworthiness.
It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for
your services and the balance shall be my investment capital. This is
the reason why I decided to contact you. Please all communications
should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.

there are millions of people in this country who will help me if i tell
them this matter, but i don't want to stay in this country and i don't
want to invest any thing in this country.As soon as I receive your
positive response showing your interest I will put things into action
immediately.Please do keep this only to your self please I beg you not
to disclose it to any body till I come over to you in your country once
the fund has been transferred. I hope my explanation is very clear but
if you need further clarification, then send in your questions. i will
send you my photo in my next mail. Thanks as i hope to receive from you
soon.
Yours Sincerely,
Miss.Cynthia Benson



+358 email conatct of co.ltd@yahoo.com 2019

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