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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: hateben7@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:01:12 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?contact=20the=20=20oceanic=20bank?=

Dear Friend,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft
of 1.5M USD but i did not heared from you since that time then I went and
deposited the Draft with oceanicbank BANK OF BENIN here in Cotonou, Benin
Republic, because I travelled to Chile to see my boss and will not come
back till next month end. I have arranged with them to make your payment
to you with their new ATM MASTER CARD which you can use to withdraw your
money in any ATM MACHINE around the globe.

You have to contact the oceanicbank54@yahoo.fr of Benin with your full
contact informations
such as follows:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your
ATM CARD.
REV. DR. Amos Ojikwu,
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
oceanicbank BANK OF BENIN
MOBILE: +22993962914
EMAIL: oceanicbank54@yahoo.fr

I have paid for all the processing and delivery charges, the only money
that you are going to pay to them is only $106 Dollars which they will use
to obtain your insurance coverage papers to back up the delivering to your
address from Benin Republic.

Try to contact them as soon as possible to quicken the process of your Card
before your Draft gets Expire.
thanks.
Mr.Yusu Mba.
Secretary





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