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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: "My name is Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah" <klausmichael711@gmail.com>
Reply-To: p_benaiah@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 10:02:58 +0100
Subject: Please Reply Back

Remain Blessed

My name is Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah I am a Norway Citizen who is
living in Burkina Faso, I am married to Mr. Benaiah Jeremiah, a
politician who owns a small gold company in Burkina Faso; He died of
Leprosy and Radesyge, in the year February 2010, During his lifetime
he deposited the sum of € 8.5 Million Euro) Eight million, Five
hundred thousand Euros in a bank in Brussels the capital city of
Belgium in Europe The money was from the sale of his company and death
benefits payment and entitlements of my deceased husband by his
company.

I am sending you this message with heavy tears in my eyes and great
sorrow in my heart, and also praying that it will reach you in good
health because I am not in good health, I sleep every night without
knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I have been suffering
from cancer for a long time and presently I am partially suffering
from Leprosy, which has become difficult for me to move around. I was
married to my late husband for more than 6 years without having a
child and my doctor confided that I have less chance to live, having
to know when the cup of death will come, I decided to contact you to
claim the fund since I don't have any relation I grew up from an
orphanage home.

I have decided to donate this money for the support of helping
Motherless babies, less privileged, Widows and churches also to build
the house of God because I am dying and diagnosed with cancer about 3
years ago. I have decided to donate what I have inherited from my late
husband to you for the good work of Almighty God; I will be going in
for an operation soon.

Now I want you to stand as my next of kin to claim the funds for
charity purposes, because of this money remains unclaimed after my
death, the bank executives or the government will take the money as
unclaimed fund and maybe use it for selfishness and worthless
ventures, I need a very honest person who can claim this money and use
it for Charity works, for orphanages, widows and also build schools
and churches for less privilege that will be named after my late
husband and my name.

I need your urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this
project, and I will give you more information on how the fund will be
transferred to your bank account or online banking.


Thanks

Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah
Contact me through my private email id: p_benaiah@yahoo.com

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