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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: "Mr. Paul Jamman" <"www."@aioros.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Paul Jamman" <moneygramoffice943@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:50:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Dear Customer,

FOREIGN OPERATION PAYMENT OFFICE
MONEY GRAM TRANSFER OFFICE
ADDRESS: Carrefour des trois Banques Avenue
Pape Jean Paul II, Cotonou, Benin
Tel; +22968970405
Hours: Open today · 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Office Hotline(Kindly Call/Text): +229 9948 8172

Attention Dear Customer,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the 2016/17 scam
victims and your email address was found in the scam victims list. This Money
Gram®office has been mandated and instructed by the IMF to transfer your
compensation to you via Money Gram® Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to effect your own Compensation payment through
Money Gram®Money Transfer, and the compensation sum is the total of
$1.8,000,000.00(One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars). And this
transaction was empowered by the UNITED NATIONS, ECOWAS, PRESIDENTIAL CABINET,
UK Consulate and US EMBASSY. Perhaps, this sum would be sent to you in
installment via Money Gram remittance office from our branch here.

We can not be able to send the payment with your email address alone, therefore
you are advised to send us the needed below information to where we will be
sending the funds installmentally:

Receivers name............
Country.....................
Address.....................
Telephone Number..............
Age & Sex...........................
Driver's License or ID copy.......................... .

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we
did not hear from you because this was the instruction given to this branch by
the IMF office.We will start the transfer as soon as we confirm the above
requested details. You are hereby warned and advised not to communicate with
any other monetary entities or duplicate this message for any reason what so
ever because the Interpol and the United Nations has fully empowered this
compensation payment.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation as we look forward to hear form
you urgently.

Sincerely,
Mr. Paul Jamman
Foreign Operation Payment Office
Money Gram Money Transfer Office®
Office Hotline(Kindly Call/Text): +229 9948 8172

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