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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: Benson Dadah <bensondadah2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: benson2017@meta.ua
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 19:02:24 +0200
Subject: Urgent Reply!!

Good day my dear friend!

I hope this mail finds you in good health. My name is Benson Dadah, I
am from Lomé-Togo, the branch manager of La Banque Internationale
pours Afrique au Togo ( BIA Togo), I have something very important to
discuss with you concerning a deceased customer of our bank who shares
the same surname with you and also a national of your country. Please
kindly, get back to me for discussion and further details. I look
forward to hearing from you soon.

My kind regards,

Benson Dadah.

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