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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: diplomatjohnson wilsonng1 <diplomatjohnsonwilsonng1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 05:11:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:{Spam?} URGENT REPLY


DEAR SIR,

I WANT TO CONFIRM TO YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS REAL AND THERE IS NOWAY I CAN RUN AWAY FROM MY DUTY AFTER YOU PAID MONEY FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE USD$1.2M INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

MAY BE YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THE FRAUDSTERS WHO CLAIMED MONEY FROM YOU FOR NO JUST CAUSE,IT IS NOT THE SAME HERE IN THIS COUNTRY BENIN REPUBLIC,EVERYTHING IS DONE TRANSPERENTLY.

YOUR FUND IS GOING TO BE RELEASED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT VIA AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND THEY ARE READY TO DO THE JOB AFTER MEETING UP WITH THERE REQUIREMENT.

I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TRANSFER CHARGE BEFORE THE MONEY CAN BE RELEASED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND THE TOTAL FEE IS USD$1500 WHICH IS THE C.O.T OF THE SUM USD$1.2M DOLLARS.

I HAVE THE LEGAL STANDING TO DO MY JOB FOR YOU BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THE POWER TO SEND THE CHECK TO YOU EITHER BY COURRIER OR VIA SWIFT TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT,IT ALL DEPENDS WHICH WAY YOU WANT IT.

FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTION AS REGARDS TO THIS AS I AM HERE TO ANSWER YOU ADEQUATELLY.

YOU ARE TO GET BACK TO ME IF YOU WANT THIS FUNDS.

THANKS,
DIPLOMAT JOHNSON WILSON


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