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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: "MR JiM RONALD" <markjohn37@globomail.com>
Reply-To: moneygramofficebeni9@globomail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:06:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: TRY TO CALL MONEY GRAM OFFICE IMMEDIATE TO RELEASE YOUR FUND.




YOUR MONEY IS IN MONEY GRAM OFFICE ?


INFORMATION FROM MONEY GRAM OFFICE

WE THE MONEY GRAM AGENT REMMITTING OFFICE HAVE SCHEDULED TO SEND YOUR FULL
COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF 900.000.00 USD TO YOU THROUGH MONEY GRAM OUTLET,
YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $7.000.00 USD PER DAY. WE SHALL SEND THE FIRST
PAYMENT TO YOU AFTER THE CONFIRMATION OF YOUR RECEIVER'S DATA. CONTACT OUR
FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNDER DIRECTOR MR BEN WILLIAMS AND ASK HIM HOW
TO RECEIVE YOUR MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO
PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH MONEY GRAM TRANSFER.

HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION
DIRECTOR GENERAL… MR PAUL JONES:
EMAIL ADDRESS ... ( moneygramofficebeni9@globomail.com)
PHONE NUMBER ( +229-99248725) CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY FOR THE INFORMATION ON
HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF $7.000.00 USD.

TRY TO CALL THEM IMMEDIATE RELEASE YOUR FUND.

THEN CONTACT THEM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.

YOUR NAME:_____________________
YOUR COUNTRY:______________________
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:____________________
YOUR ADDRESS:_____________________________
YOUR CITY:_____________________________________
YOUR AGE:_________________________________________
YOUR SEX:______________________________________________
YOUR PASSPORT:_________________________________________

CALL OR EMAIL THEM NOW SO THAT THEY WILL`PROVIDE THE MONEY GRAM
INFORMATION TO YOU AS URGENT AS YOU CAN.
THANKS AND GOD BLESSING YOU
MR JiM RONALD

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