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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: Dr Bello Usman <dr.bellousman2012@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: rev.bensonwood1x1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:15:06 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT !!!!!!!!!














































































































































































              rev.bensonwood1x1@gmail.com




















































































































































































































































































































































DEAR FRIEND,

WE
WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT HAS BE SCHEDULED TO PAY TO
YOU THROUGH CERTIFIED ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL BE ONLY REQUIRED TO
PROCEED TO ANY ATM CASH POINT TO WITHDRAW $20,000 PER DAY TILL YOUR
COMPLETE PAYMENT FUND OF 4.5MILLION USD ARE COMPLETED.
  
THIS
DEVELOPMENT WAS AS RESULT OF NEW PAYMENT POLICY REVOLUTION OF 2010
CARRY OUT BY THE WORLD FINANCIAL BODY IN COLLABORATION WITH WORLD BANK
AUDIT UNIT AND UNITED NATIONS POLICY MAKER UNIT UNDER WORLD BANK NEW
YEAR PAYMENT CONSTITUTION.

THIS EFFORT IS TO HELP THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND RESTRICT AND MONITOR EVERY INTERNATIONAL
TRANSACTION TO AVOID MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES AND WILL HELP US TO
FIGHT AGAINST FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES FROM SCAM EXPERTS.

FURTHERMORE YOU ARE ADVICE TO RECONFIRM YOU BILLING ADDRESS INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME AND DIRECT CONTACT TELEPHONE
NUMBER TO THE OCEANIC BANK FOR THE ISSUANCE CERTIFIED ATM CREDIT CARD,

CONTACT THEN WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION

EMAIL: (rev.bensonwood1x1@gmail.com)
NAME: REV BENSON WOOD.
TEL: +229 97 031 337.







               rev.bensonwood1x1@gmail.com










































































































































































              










































































































































































                                          MY BEST REGARDS,
                                          DR BELLO  USMAN.

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