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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: "Prof. Lawrence Ozekwe" <office1.files11@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: fed_govt_beninrepubl@globomail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:07:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention My Dear Urgent Respon

















 

Attention My Dear.
 
This federal government of Benin is here to notify you that your fund  worth of (US$2.5 MILLION USD) which was diverted to Benin government federation account due to your inability to afford the charges of this bank and company, today our president Yayi Boni has given us an order to release all the funds and packages to the owners.
 
The fund in question was diverted by bank and company located in this country republic of Benin according to them, they said that the fund has officially overstayed the stipulated period of time, in accordance with the provisions and procedures of their service acts and ethics of 2001 provided by the regulatory body in the country and passed into law by the attorney general of the federation.
   
The president general commented that all the fund has to be deposited into central bank of Benin Republic so that it will be easy to your bank account to avoid any problem again and the transferring charge / opening fix account that will accumulate the fund for short time has been placed at the minimum amount of us$65.00 so that as beneficiary that you can afford to pay the fee without any complain again.
 
The president general also reported that hence the beneficiary could not comply with the subsequent of transferring charge / opening fix account that will accumulate the fund for short time that your funds will be cancelled, that is why he fixed the charges at the minimum amount of us$65.00 so that you can get hold of transferring your funds through central bank of Benin and the central bank  will be forced to transfer your funds without any delay. 
 
The information of the beneficiary is highly needed for confirmatory purposes and the central bank has to verify if the information details is correct before the funds will be transfer into your account, the information confirm are AS FOLLOW.
 
Beneficiaries Name:___________
Age/Sex:______________________
Telephone number:_____________
Fax Number:__________________
A copy of your International Passport/driver licence:__________
Home Address:_________________
Occupation:___________________
Banking information:__________
Bank account number:__________
Bank address:_________________
Bank Tel:_____________________

 

YOUR ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THE US$65.00 AND FORDWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS THROUGH THIS EMAIL ( fed_govt_beninrepubl@globomail.com )
 
Send the money through Western Union Money Transfer with the information below,

Receiver’s name== Mrs Ude Benjamin
Countries== Benin Republic
City== Cotonou
Text Question== Zip Code
Text Answers== 00229
Amount= US$65.00
 
MTCN=====?
Sender's Name===?
 
Be advised that as soon as the fee is received I will submit your bank account information to the central bank of Benin republic to enable them commence on the transfer of your funds.

 





Yours in service,
Prof. Lawrence Ozekwe.
Senior advocate. Cotonou, Bénin Republic.
 
 
                                       


 

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