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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: "Rev. Francisca D. Williams"
Reply-To: <joe1956@foxmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 04:32:42 -0500
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Hello dear,

I have received the cheque from the office last week and kept the cheque with Bank manager Dr. Joseph Vlacich as we discussed, Please email him immediately to send the cheque to you. I am in China now. I kept USD$5.5million cashier check and will send the rest of money after my business trip here. I sent you so many emails last week but all bounced back. i have kept the cheque with them at amount of USD5.5million,
They will either mail it to you or remit it for transfer depending on how you want it; So contact Dr. Vlacich with below email address for him to send the check to you: ( joe1956@foxmail.com ) or call him at +229 67756028

Thanks, and don't forget to let me know when you have received it.

Regards
Rev. Francisca D. Williams
IMF Managing Director Benin Rep.

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