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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: MBA BEAN <mbabean@sify.com>
Reply-To: zenith_b01@blumail.org
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:18:58 +0900 (KST)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONITARY FUND BENIN REPUBLIC(IMF)




INTERNATIONAL
MONITARY FUND
BENIN REPUBLIC(IMF)
 
                  
                 



OFFICIAL&CONFIDENTIAL
NOTICE
 
                                      GOOD NEWS
DEAR  ,
                                                                          
It
is my pleasure to inform you about the latest development regarding the
news
from the president



of United State of America who instructed to


release
all your fund through bank



of America without any further delay.

The



United



Nations in conjunction with Federal Investigation Department
(FI.D).
The U.S.A Government do hereby give this irrevocable Approval
Order with
Release Code: FBI/3480/02/00 to release your fund valued

$2,400.000.00(TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR)

to you
through ZENITH
BANK PLC of WEST



AFRICA STATE BENIN

REPUBIC BRANCH.
 
Now
the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND--OF BENIN REP (IMF) have also concluded
on our
meeting held on 8/02/2011 to deposited the said funds of ($2,400.000.00
USD) to
the ZENITH



BANK PLC  OF WEST AFRICA STATE OF BENIN
REPUBLIC BRANCE on your behalf to avoid any fraud activitries
that rulle
arround the whole africa this time around.
 
You
are now require to foward the below informations to the ZENITH BANK PLC 
of West
Afirca States, because the Attorney incharge of your fund have signed
with the
Executive Director of ZENITH BANK PLC  ,that your funds Value of
$2,400.000.00
will be transfered to any account of your choice as soon as you supply
them your
banking information.

(1)Your
bank name,
..............................

(2)Beneficiary
name.......................... 

(3)Your account
number........................ 

(4)Routing
number........................ 

(5)Your bank
address.......................

(6)Your
country.......................
...

(7)Your
age and
occupation.................

(8)A copy
of your
passport...................... .
 
(9)Your
Current Telephone
number......................
 
NOW FORWARD
YOUR
BANKING INFORMATIONS TO THE BELOW ADDRESS TO ENABLE THEM RELEASE YOUR
FUND TO
YOUR OVERSEAR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY.
 
 BANK NAME:.... ZENITH
BANK PLC 
DIRECTOR.........DR. DAVID JOHN.
E-MAIL:( zenith_b01@blumail.org )
TELL
PHONE......+22998596356
 
Please forward the above informations to them now
with
there email above or (zenith_b01@blumail.org)
 and


let
me know when your fund has transfered to you, Please make sure you dont
make any
mistake with those information so that they will not transfer your funds
to
the wrong person.
  
THIS MASSAGE COME'S TO YOU BY THE CHIEF'S MEMBER BOARD
ORGANIZATION,
DR,JAMES WILLIAM (CEOQ)
DR,REUBEN SUWAGA(GMO)
DR MBA BEAN (SDEQ)



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