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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: OFFICE <officefiles347488@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: OFFICE <iykekadiri@barid.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:41:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings From Mr.Steve Morgan


 Good Day,

 My name is (MR.STEVE MORGAN) from United States, 51 Years Old. My residential address is as follows. 5424 Pent ridge Street Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,19143-4126, United States of America, I am one of those people that took part in receiving Inheritance funds and Lottery funds from African banks and European banks even from many lottery organizers few years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid different fees or charges of over $85, while in the USA trying to get my funds from those banks and lottery organizers but all to no avail.

 So I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C USA with all my payment approval documents,and I was directed by the F.B.I. Director to contact a man called
 ORGANIZATION (UNO) & INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF) COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE currently staying in BENIN REPUBLIC.I contacted him in Benin and
 he explained everything to me.

 Dr.Mr Guy Cottrell personally directed me on how to successfully claim my Inheritance and Lottery payment from the paying bank and right now I
 am the happiest man on earth because I have now finally received my funds totaling US$6 Million (Six Million U.S Dollars).He showed me the
 full information of those who are yet to receive their payments and I saw your names/your email address as one of the beneficiaries and that
 is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people because they are not with your funds but they are only making money
 out of you.

 I will personally advise you to contact Dr.Mr Iyke Kadiri in BENIN REPUBLIC after reading this message.you have to contact him directly on this
 information below Dr.Mr. Iyke Kadiri

 Cotonou République du Benin
 Email.( iykekadiri@barid.com )
 Tel: + (229)68520173

 Be Blessed.
 Mr.Steve Morgan

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