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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: Barrister Robert Morris <clematispezia@alice.it>
Reply-To: fbioffice346@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:57:48 +0100 (CET)
Subject:

Attention Dear Customer:
I write to inform you about the recent development that just took
place in our office in respect of your Fund,My Name is Barrister
Robert Morris Freedom Chamber here in BENIN,I want to inform you that
your fund payment file was brought to my office Yesterday for me to
cancel your fund because the director of the UBA BANK here in BENIN
said that I should divert your fund to the Government Treasury account
just because you can not pay for the fee of your fund which is $40.00

only before you start receiving your fund, in his words,he said that
you abandon your fund for some times now without hearing from you, my
spirit did not allow me to cancel your fund because I know the value
and the important of what you are about to receive,I told the director
of the UBA BANK to wait until I heard from you and I will know the
reason you rejected such amount of two million five hundred thousand
united states dollars($2.5million) which I know it will change your
life for good just because of $40.00

I want your urgent response as soon as you receive this email and to
explain to me the reason you abandon your fund,or if you don't need it
again then I will send you a power of attorney which you will sign and
I will change your Name to another person so that the Government will
not claim this money that is left for you.I will wait to hear from you
as soon as possible. Email: (fbioffice346@gmail.com)

Thanks,
Barrister Robert Morris
Office Number::+229 6862 5433

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