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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: "Mrs.Candice Marie Benbow" <mrscandicebenbowmarie@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:03:49 +0000
Subject: Good Day My beloved,

Greeting My Dear,

It is my pleasure to communicate with you, I know that this message
will be a surprise to you my name is Mrs.Candice Marie Benbow, I am
diagnosed with ovarian cancer which my doctor have confirmed that I
have only some weeks to live so I have decided you handover the sum
of($12,000.000 Million Dollar) through I decided handover the money in
my account to you for help of the orphanage homes and the needy once

Please kindly reply me here as soon as possible to enable me give
you more information but before handing over my bank to you please
assure me that you will only take 40% of the money and share the rest
to the poor orphanage home and the needy once, thank you am waiting to
hear from you

Mrs,Candice Marie Benbow.

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