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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: "Mrs.Tony cooke" <officefile0009@ukr.net>
Reply-To: ministry.f@minister.com
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:23 +1200 (NZST)
Subject:




 ATTENTION;The owner of this email id.

This is to inform you that the federal ministry of Finance  with the Presidency Republique Du Benin held a meeting on April First 2012 in regards of the payments of your Lottery winning funds of $3.8musd and the meeting lasted  10days which  they concluded it that your Lottery winning funds of $3.8m (three million Eight Hundred thousand Dollars) should be paying to you by western union money transfer at the  installemental rate of $6500 daily until you receive your complete Lottery winning funds of $3.8m. in which the first payment has being sent to you  today, But the MTCN Number was with Mr Larry M.Land the Director of the Ministry of Finance .And you should call Mr. Larry M. Land immediately and ask him to renew your payment file #:458/08N/2012 and release the MTCN of your first payment to you immediately.

This is the E-mail contact address of Mr. Larry M. Land
E-mail:(ministry.f@minister.com)
E-mail;(ministryfinance605@ymail.com)

Phone;+229 99099136
Note that Mr Larry M. Land was waiting for your contact for  urgent  renewal of  your payment  file and give you the MTCN number of your first payment.

And you should not forget to  reconfirm your details to him such as
1.your Full Name.....................
2.your address...........................
3.Country.....................................
4.your phone number.....................
5.Your personal id card photo................
6.Gender and Age .......................
8.Occupation and position..............

God Bless you while i wait to hear from you  soon.
With Regards
Mrs.Tony Cooke

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