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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: johnmark2008@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:09:09 +0100
Subject: FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


Cotonou Benin Republic
To All Beneficiaries
FROM THE DESK OF:
REV: JOHN
MARK JR FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION Attention: This is to officially
inform you that we have verified your lottery inheritance file and found
out that why you have not received your lottery payment is because you
have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your
lottery/inheritance payment.Secondly we have been informed that you are
still dealing with none officials in the bank in all your attempt to
secure the release of the fund to you. I wish to advise you that such an
illegal act have to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we
have decided to bring a solution to your problem. Right now we have
arranged your payment through our swift Eco Diplomatic/Security Finance
Firm Inconjuction with the USA High Commission to carry out immediate
release of your fund, that is the latest instruction from the President
federal Republic of BENIN.
So the Instruction have be pass to Eco
Finance Diplomatic Firm to carry out the payment $1,300,000.00 US
Dollars and all the necessary arrangement of delivering of the
$1,300,000.00 in cash was made with Eco Security & Finance Diplomatic
Company Benin Republic.

Please write to them with your contact details
with given address below.
Dr.Rasheed Musa AliEMAIL: diplomaticesss@o2.pl
EMAIL: diplomaticesss@tlen.pl
Phone 00229 97020249

Note: The Diplomats
Who Will Bring The Consignment To Any Place Of Your Choice Does Not Know
The Original Contents Of The Box.We Made Them To Understand That The
Boxes Contains A Sensitive Photographic Film Material Instead Of Money
For Security Reasons.
Send them your contacts information to enable them
locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This
is what they need from you.

1.YOUR FULL
NAME----------------------------
2.YOUR HOME
ADDRESS-------------------------
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE
NUMBER-------
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE-------------------
5.A
COPY OF YOUR PICTURE--------------------------
6.YOUR
AGE----------------------------------------
7.COUNTRY------------------------------------------

Best regards
Rev: John Mark Jr

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