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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Secreatry:Angela Lee." <rm20151@verizon.net>
Reply-To: secreatry.angela_lee02@qatar.io
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:55:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PAYMENT OF (5.000.00$)HAVE READY SENT THROUGH MONEY GRAM.



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Office of the money gram
transfer.Cotonou benin republic/address 455 agbokou,
ankpa roadopposite
tunde motors cotonou office benin republic   tel +229-98-95-28-02 .TEL
+229-98715821 . Adresse :rue dugouverneur bayol;boite postale :bp 1280 -
cotonou;
Date:/ 10 /3/
2010
 
Attention:Beneficiary,                                      

(Fraudsters) are accessing our e-mail account and yours trying
to steal from both of us, so we have concluded to effect your payments through Money Gram Office. They
will be sending $5,000. to you daily until your $850.000.00 is completely
transferred to you accordingly. You can only pay to
them $125 so as to enable the purchasing of your
inheritance file to prevent illegal transfer of your funds or any form of hindrance
in receiving your funds.
 
We shall obtain the Tax clearance certificates and finalize the process of your daily
transfer and then authorize the appointed
Money Gram Office to effect your payments by tomorrow as soon as you send the
fee to them.

Please fill in the transfer form
attached to you and forward to them which will enable on the transfer.


 

Here is there contact address.
Agent
incharge
Mr Anthony 
Robert.
E-mail: secreatry.angela_lee02@qatar.io
MONEYGRAMINTL28@msn.com
Tell: (+229) 98-95-28-02
 
Below is the information
which you use to send the required fee through Money Gram any of the office that is close to you.
 
 The Payment instructions.
Receiver
Name.......................Chide Nwakacha
Country.........................................Benin
Republic
City......................................Cotonou
Text
Question...................Honest
Answer............................Trust
Amount......................$125,00 USD
 
Then after you have send the fee to this information, you should send the payment informations to them together
with the transfer form giving to you. Immediately
they purchase your payment files, you will start
receiving your payments daily as stated above.
 
Here are details of your first payment of $5.000 USD made on your behalf but it has no receiver's name yet until
you remit the $125 USD required to them before they
can purchase the inheritance files with your name and
put your name as the receiver.

Sender's First Name:
Angela

Sender's Last Name: Lee
Amount: $5,000   USD
Reffrence#:
5274-1453

Note that
within 48hrs if you do not remit the required $125
USD the transfer will be retrieve back and remember
that the money details given to you does not bear
your name as the receiver yet until you make the
payment of the $125 USD.
 
Yours in service We are waiting
for your urgent respond immediately and be  rest assured of our honest service
of releasing your full funds($850.000.00)  in our system once this instructions
is abid.
 
Thanks for
your kind attention.
 
Best
Regards.
 Mr Anthony 
Robert.
Secreatry:Angela
Lee.
FORIGN OPERATION
MANAGER  OFFICE  BENIN



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