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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: "Rev. johnson Bello" <officeroom---11@att.net>
Reply-To: mgoffice445@sify.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:56:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONTACT MONEY GRAM TRANSFER FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE HAVE YOUR PAYMENT




 
Attention beneficiary,

we are here to notify you that after the meeting held on March 8Th, 2011. the ministry of finance and his excellence the president of federal republic of Benin Dr yayi bonii. Has instructed this department to send your funds through money gram remitting office transfer world wide,
For easier receive of your inherited funds without any further delay. Since you was unable to receive your money through western union due to their management but now we have sent your full compensation payment of $3.500.000.00usd to you through money gram.

You will be receiving a10.000.00usd per day, but we want you to contact the management in money gram right now, to avoid paying money to the fraud stars that is going on through the world because we have arranged your payment of ($3.5 millions) Three millions five hundred thousand united state dollars, to be sent to you today through money gram transfer payment. your payment will sending to you by money gram,

for your information the director of administrator trust funds have already signed your payment, now you are free to comply with money gram payment office on this email ( mgoffice445@sify.com) however, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your payment by money gram. Per day (10.000 used). Vital finance bank money gram transfer department. Location address; plot 1261, adeola Hopewell street co/b/rep,

contact person: Rev. johnson Bello
tele phone fax number: +22998521608
email address ( mgoffice445@sify.com)The financial money gram payment canter has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment,

So be advice to contact them immediately you get this email now because every thing has been done ok.and for your information once again note: that this is not one of those nigerian/african scams that all they are after is to ripe you off your money and at the end you wil not receive your funds, but note that this is no scam and is directly from the our president of federal republic of Benin Dr yayi bonii
Office to serve you better.

You’re name...............
Country...................
Office Phone no.................
Home phone no..........
Address/city............
Age/sex...............
id card............
 your religion.........
occupation..........

Try to Call  immediately you recieve this email to enable the Director give you patment MTCN or email him now so that he can provide the money gram information to you as urgent as you can. also do let me know immediately they have started sending your money, but try to comply with them to enable them serve you better.

Thanks, officeflis
Thanks and god bless.
 

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