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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: "Dr. James L. Williams" <"www."@true.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Rose Daniel" <rosedaniel61@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:24:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attn: Valuable Customer,

Attn: Valuable Customer,

I am contacting you because I've sent you the first payment of $5,000 today from your winning funds total amount of $2.5Million, Dollars Therefore you need to Contact western union Managing Director Mrs. Rose Daniel, for her to give you the transfer payment information and MTCN.

Managing Director: Mrs. Rose Daniel
Email:rosedaniel61@yahoo.com
Phone: +229-98068223

And contact her with your full information

Full Name:--------------------------
Full Address:-----------------------
City,State,Zip code:----------------
Phone Number:-----------------------
Nationality:------------------------
Sex:--------------------------------
Occupation:-------------------------

Please try to contact her today for her to forward the payment information to you, remember to indicate the registration code of EB-2237 to her when E-mailing or calling her, also she will be sending you $5,000.00 daily as per our office discussion with her. Do get in touch with me once you have received the transfer. Please copy this email (rosedaniel61@yahoo.com) and paste before replying to her or simply call her at her number:+229-98068223

Sincerely,
Dr. James L. Williams (ESQ).
IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR
BENIN REPUBLIC.

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