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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: "Ambassador Michael Driga Raynor" <ng_investorss@outlook.com>
Reply-To: lawyerdriga01@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:31:08 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Greetings From Ambassador Michael Arthur Raynor

U.S. AMBASSADOR TO BENIN REPUBLIC
OFFICE THE U.S AMBASSADOR TO BENIN REPUBLIC
NO.2, ROUTE DE L'AEROPORT, COTONOU, BENIN;
Telephone: +229 9667 4320


Attention:

I shall be coming to your country for an official meeting on Monday
9th/October/2017 and i shall be bringing your Fund of $15.5m along with me
but this time i will not go through Custom because as an Ambassador to
Republic Du Benin, I am a US GOVERNMENT AGENT and i have the veto power to
go through Custom.

As soon as i am through with my meeting i shall then proceed to your
registered house address with your Consignment Fund. Without missing
words, I am convinced 100% that you have had bitter experience with
various 'scam claiming to be high government officials and thereby
defrauding you of your 'hard-earned money'. The activities of these scam
has changed your perspective about conducting business on the internet,
and you now believed there is no genuine business that can be conducted on
the internet. Well, I am an American and the internet was created by
Americans for the purpose of creating awareness for your products/services
and conducting genuine business with ease.

I am fully committed to deliver the "diplomatic consignment" to you at
your door step within 48hours in order to differentiate myself from the
many Benin Republic, Nigeria and other government officials you have dealt
with.

I am a full citizen of the United States, but I was on a Foreign Mission
here in Benin as a US Ambassador. Hence, I am making every effort to
ensure that no citizen of the United States and other part of the world is
cheated by Benin Republic. Therefore, I need your utmost support and
understanding to actualize this dream. I also want you to understand that
I do trust you and I expect you to show me the same trust and respect in
return since trust is a 2-way street.

On the other hand, trust is a relationship of reliance. Trust also means
being able to predict what other people will do and what situations will
occur. Trust is both an emotional and logical act. Emotionally, it is
where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, but believing they will
not take advantage of your openness. Logically, it is where you have
assessed the probabilities of gain and loss, calculating expected utility
based on hard performance data,and concluded that the person in question
will behave in a predictable manner.

In practice, trust is a bit of both. I trust you because I have
experienced your trustworthiness by merely believing in what I have said,
even when you have not seen me, and because I have faith in human nature.
Frankly speaking, I understand that anyone in your shoes will feel
betrayed, but I still want you to show me your trust by giving me the
benefit of doubt on this delivery arrangement. My identity and personality
is verifiable, and I promise to deliver the consignment to you safely
without any hitch. Please do not allow this mission to die off because the
registration fee of your Consignment Trunk Box which is $72 US Dollars, I
meant so well for you and I believe you will appreciate me more when you
have finally received your partial payment of $15,500.000.00 US Dollars
upon my arrival with the package at your nominated address.

I will use my position and personality to deposit the $15,500.000.00 USD
into your bank account without questioning from the financial monitoring
authorities, since all documentations proving the legitimacy of the funds
has been processed. Please don't see me as one of the numerous dubious
Benin republic you have dealt with in the past. I am a different person
entirely and I come from a different continent. I have the American spirit
in me and I hate cheaters. I promise to always uphold the national unity
of the United State. Please reply back ASAP and let me know your
possibility of sending the
$72 US Dollars.

You can send it via Money Gram with below information, please copy the
name correctly outline below to avoid mistake.

Account Officer Info: Money Gram Money OR Western Union transfer .

Receiver's Name:......Alex Azuka
Country:....... Benin Republic
City:....... Cotonou
Amount:.......$72 US Dollars

Reference. . . .
Sender's Name. . .
Sender's Address. . .
Sender's Telephone number:......


As soon as you send the fee make sure you send the payment information. My
Flight is Monday 9th/October/2017 and i expect you to comply before time
then so that the delivery will be completed. If you do not comply, then it
will not be my fault if you do not receive your
Package.


I hope you will understand and follow my instruction to enable me serve
you better.

Feel free to call me for more details: +229 9667 4320

Signed
Ambassador Michael Driga Raynor
US AMBASSADOR TO REPUBLIC DU BENIN
Email:lawyerdriga01@hotmail.com
Telephone: +229 9667 4320

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