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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: "Eng Frank Edmond" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <livingbiblechurch@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:38:25 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION WINNER

Winning Notification
 
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) are happy to notify you that your email address win 2.7M dollars for you on our last compensation Email Promo.process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the world wide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and
 
your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188. You are here advised to contact Pastor Benson Chima of Living Bible Church for the delivery of your bank draft valued at 2.7M dollars to
 
you.
 
To enable him send the bank draft to you, you have to contact him with the form below,I your names………………, of your address ……………………, Nationality……………..,  direct phone number………….., your age……………..,Occupation ........, marital status……………………,Ticket Number 5647600545188, Claim code BJC547D. I hereby inform pastor Benson Chima to send my bank draft to my above address.
 
Contact the pastor through his information below
 
Names : Pastor Benson Chima
Email   : livingbiblechurc@sify.com
Direct Phone : +229 93 00 90 27
 
CONGRATULATION
Yours Faithful
Eng Frank Edmond
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS.
 

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