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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: Benard Uka <benarduka2024@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:23:29 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,

How are you doing today? I want to use this medium to introduce you to the
son of my friend who is a former Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy in the
republic of Cote D'ivoire, during the regime of former president Laurent
Gbagbo. I will appreciate it if you will communicate with him directly, i
believe we can easily execute this deal within one week, for your
information this transaction is never related to any upfront payment.

Before the civil crisis in his country which finally resulted in civil war
in their country republic of Cote D'ivoire, his late father made a deposit
of Fifty Million USD only ($50,000.000.00) in a private safe keeping and
investment project in Brazil.

Please i would appreciate if you can communicate directly with Mr Daouda
Kousso to give you a little more insight about the entire transaction and
what will be your role towards this transaction, because all i can assure
you is that he will handle every expenses including your round trip flight
ticket and hotel accomodations together with your pocket money before your
departure, and he assured me that he will reward you with 20% of the total
money.

I can assure you that this is purely 101% risk free transaction.

If you are interested, i am ready to link you to Mr Daouda Kousso so that
he can fully explain everything to you and let you know how he will handle
every expenses including your round trip flight tickets and hotel
accomodations and what will be our benefit in this transaction, although he
made me to understand that he will take care of every expenses and ready to
compensate us with 20% of the total sum of the money.

Thank you once again.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr Benard Uka

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