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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: Peninnah benaiah <alessandraloren56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.peninnaharielbenaiah42@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:01:13 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION

Peace in the name of the Lord


My name is Mrs. Peninnah Ariel Benaiah I am a Norwegian citizen 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
February 2010, during his life he deposited 8.5 million euros) eight
million five hundred thousand euros in a bank in Brussels, the capital of
Belgium in Europe. Selling his company and paying death compensation and my
deceased husband's dues from his company.

I am sending you this message with so much tears in my eyes and so much
sadness in my heart, I also pray that it reaches you in good health because
I am not in good health, I sleep every night without knowing if I am alive.
See you the next day. I have been suffering for a long time and currently
suffer partially from leprosy, which has become difficult for me to
navigate. I have been married to my late husband for over 6 years without
having a child and my doctor acknowledged that I had less chance of living
and had to find out when the Death Chalice would come. I decided to call
you to claim the fund since I started. I have no relationship. I grew up in
an orphanage.

I have decided to donate this money to support the help of
motherless/underprivileged/widowed children and also churches to build the
house of God because I am dying and I was diagnosed with cancer about 3
years ago. I have decided to donate what I inherited from my late husband
to you in the good work of God Almighty. I will have surgery soon.

Now I want you to stand as my next of kin to claim the money for charitable
purposes. Since this money is unclaimed after my death, the bank or
government executives will take the money as unclaimed money and maybe use
it for selfish and worthless projects, I need a very honest person who can
claim this money and use it for charity, for orphanages and widows and also
building schools and churches for a lesser privilege will be named after my
late husband and my own.

I need your urgent answer to see if you will be able to do this project, I
will give you more information on how to transfer money to your bank
account or online banking.

Thanks
Mrs. Benna Ariel Benayah

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