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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: Hon DON JOE <ifeanyiikechukwu784@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Hon DON JOE <directorgodwin424@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:57:56 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention this is final notice from Security Company of Benin
republic


 Attention this is final notice from Security Company of Benin republic

Hello Mr./Mrs. This is to update you that since you don't want to receive your consignment box that worth $10.9million,usd with  two consignment box full with computer accessory  we will cancel it and return it back to government house here in Benin republic because for over one week now after registered it by Mr. Bill Gates wealth (Head Consultant) of the Microsoft Corporation Benin Republic, saying that it was won by your e-mail address in their ongoing Microsoft Online Sweepstakes 2014 in conjunction with Oil & Gas Benin Republic Ltd. He is here in BENIN for a three (3) weeks surveying Project as he works with a consultant firm in West Africa. we have being communicating with the security company of your country and they make it clear to us that they have being informing you about your consignment box coming from Benin republic security company and you are calling them scam And for that they will not inform you any more about your delivery, We are here to make it clear to you that if we don't hear from you today we will cancel the delivery and we should not allow any other information coming from this country through security company to rich you.
Secondly if you still need your consignment box to be deliver to you please reconfirm your delivery information as follow

Full Name:...............
House Address:...........
Telephone Number:......
Occupation:.........
Sex:..........
Age:............
Country:..............
Id copy ........

Finally we will like you to listing to this information we always pass this information to everybody in the world to avoid working with scam .
1, any email you receive from western union or any money other from any part in the Africa before having any transaction with them let the director of the office provide you his or her id card copy and  there office code number and all the code number of any transfer and delivery office has the same code which 001993.

2, try whenever you receive call from Africa try to ask the caller to let you know the office he is calling from and to tell you how he or she got your email address and phone number if not response with good answer call it scam and stay away of that.

3, Government of American has instructed every office here in  African to inform everybody that after passing this information this year, that  after this year no more compensation concerning scam because they have stated it clear to everybody in the world so try to avoid doing scam transaction any transaction you have make sure is not scam.


We are waiting to receive your delivery information so that our diplomatic agent will move off to your destination address and hang your box over to you and we have only two days to deliver it to you once we hear from you.


Security firm company of Benin republic.
Hon DON JOE {Head Dispatch Officer}
Email:     (directorgodwin424@yahoo.fr)

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