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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: Chief Judge Williams Okoh <"www."@trust.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Chief Judge Williams Okoh <chiefjudgewilliamsokoh@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:25:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY ,

From The Desk of Chief Judge Okoh
Williams FROM HIGH COURT OF ECOWAS RB
BRANCH OB/OP/1234 PLOT AKPAKPA,
BENIN REPUBLIC OUR REF.CODE:BSEL/773/AWN/021/016


DEAR BENEFICIARY ,

Please the entire High Court Of Ecowas BENIN REPUBLIC are here to make
it to be clear to you that there was a case that we have been handling
here since concerning your funds because we got some reports that you
did not received your funds since after every story you have being
hearing regarding the funds and all types of payments you have be paid
to receive the funds but none is received by you. And we are here to
know the truth because the person that is in charge of the transaction
said in this court here that you has received and confirmed to him
that you received

your funds and we are here to hear the truth from you.Please here
below is what we want you to answer to us to enable us to handle this
case normal the reporter said it has been done to you.

(1)Did you receive any money from this person Phillip ..........?.
(2)If you do receive money from him, how much.................?
(3)From which bank or courier do you received the money from............?
(4) Or is it via western union money transfer...................... ..?
(5) In which date .............................. ....?

Please we advise you to go direct to this question above and answer us
immediately because we want to get the truth and at this time if you
don't receive your funds, you will receive it according to the
instruction of this High Court Of Ecowas in this Country BENIN
REPUBLIC because we have been receiving news from your Government that
our Government officials and personalities are doing wrongs and all we
are going is to handle it at once and we need your

reply so that we can get the truth.

Thanks.
Best Regard.
Chief Judge Williams Okoh
FROM HIGH COURT BENIN REPUBLIC
chiefjudgewilliamsokoh@yahoo.com

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