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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: "Mrs. Anna Anthony" <plugins@larcobaleno.coop>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Anna Anthony" <info.treasurydepartbenin9@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:55:04 +0100 (CET)
Subject:

Good day!

I want to inform you that your funds reported here by director of western union and money gram, for a reason that you refused to receive the fund just because of transfer fee, now, in reasoning wisely we want to hear from you urgently today with the reason why you rejected to receive your fund $2.800 000.00,just because of transfer charge

Therefore, if you really want this fund and don’t want to lose it as it was reported here then urgently contact our government treasury office for the wire transfer to you: info.treasurydepartbenin9@yahoo.com) Telephone +22963091259

Thank you,
Mrs. Anna Anthony

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