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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: Agent godwin peterson <"WWW."@key.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Agent godwin peterson <Moneygramoffice500@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 20:12:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION :VALUABLE CUSTOMER.

ATTENTION :VALUABLE CUSTOMER.

WE THE MONEY GRAM AGENT REMITTING OFFICE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL
COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $4,500.000 USD THROUGH MONEY GRAM, YOU WILL BE
RECEIVING $4500.00USD TWICE PER DAY BRINGING TOGETHER $9000 DAILY.

NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU. SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR DR.
PATRICK FEBAIN AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY GRAM PAYMENT
INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH
MONEY GRAM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF MONEY GRAM DIRECTOR GENERAL
MR.PATRICK FEBIAN EMAIL ADDRESS ( moneygramoffice500@gmail.com )
PHONE NUMBER +229-62423981 CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION TO
GIVE YOU THE REFERENCE
NUMBER TO COLLECT YOUR $4500.00 USD.

YOUR NAME, COUNTRY, PHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS/CITY, AGE/SEX CALL OR EMAIL
HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION TO YOU AS
URGENT AS YOU CAN

BEST REGARDS,
MR.Godwin Peterson

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