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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: " Mr. Daniel Ude" <IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.@sepia.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: " Mr. Daniel Ude" <mr.danielude@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 02:45:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION

ATTENTION

Your ATM Card of $2.7 million USD has been approved and was deposited
with DHL Express Courier Company this morning for registration,and we
agreed up that the delivery of Your $2.7Million USD ATM Package will
take off tomorrow morning .So contact with your full info where your
ATM card will be delivered to, Urgently get back to us today with your
phone number and full address where your ATM card will be delivered to
because i will not be in the office next week: The amount in your Card
is US$2.7 Million and your Pin code is: (9106).


Regards,


Mr. Daniel Ude
>From Central Bank Of Benin Du Republic

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