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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: OFFICE OF MONEY GRAM <"gram."@mist.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: OFFICE OF MONEY GRAM <officeofmoneygram22@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 22:33:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Dear Beneficiary

Your first payment of $7000 was send today,


Welcome to money gram Head Office and This is to inform you that International Monetary Fund IMF is compensating all the scam victims sum of $2.500.000.00 USD here in Benin Republic (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar) Only each, and your email address was found in the scam victim's list) This money gram head office has been mandated by the International Monetary Fund IMF Director to transfer your compensation fund to you via money gram Transfer Daily. We the money gram office here stated that you will be receiving your fund $2.500.000.00 at the maximum of $7,000.00 daily is the whole fund $2.500.000.00 is completely transfer to you., All you will do is to contact Money Gram director

He will give you more direction on how you will be receiving the funds daily. Remember to send him your Full information to avoid wrong

transfer such as:

Receiver's Name___
Address: __
Country: __
Phone Number: __
I.D Card:__
Though Dr.Kesh Mouhammed has sent $7000 in your name today So contact their Director Hilary

Samson as soon as you receive this email or call him +229-99715809 him ive you

the Mtcn, to pick the $7000 Please let us know as soon as you received all your fund,

Best regard
Thanks,
REV.ERIC G.CHARLS
The money gram Director Benin Republic
Call me now +229-99715809
Urgent Contact us now:( officeofmoneygram22@gmail.com )

MONEY GRAM AGENT

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