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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: ".Ben Good" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moneygram70@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:18:17 -0700
Subject: Dear beneficiary

Dear beneficiary

Your winning Prize of five hundred thousand dollars.($500000.00) has been forwarded to our money gram office for immediate transfer to you as soon as you get back to us to enable the transfer commence immediately you will receiving $3000 dollars every day the payment will be made to you all the details will be forward to you get back to us With your name,phone number and country.

Yours in Service,
Mr.Ben Good
Tel: +229 987 427 88

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