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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: MONEYGRAM OFFICE <dhg4342@peoplepc.com>
Reply-To: MONEYGRAM OFFICE <money.gram_service01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:34:59 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Subject: RE: MONEY GRAM REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.

MONEY GRAM REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
178 AVENUE PAPE JEAN PAUL II,
01 B.P. 2020, COTONOU REPUBLIC DU BENIN
Telephone :
+22998434681: Fax : +2299678091.
 
   
 
ATTN:DEAR.
 
 This is to acknowledge the receipt of your email response in regards to your compensation (US$900,000.00) payment through this MoneyGram Branch Office here in Cotonou Benin Republic. We are instructed to send your funds to your address in your city  MoneyGram office from here in Benin Republic office  MoneyGram money transfer and you will be receiving your fund ( $10,000.00 U.S.D) per day until you received all your total payment which is the sum of US$900,000.00 as scheduled in our office here.
 
We wish to convey to you that every other necessary arrange ment for transmission of your payment has been completed by the MoneyGram Office , But we will not hesitate to inform you that it is now your responsibility to officially settle for the re-validation administrative charges of your payment file in order to enhance a successful transfer of your payment without any obstruction along the line.
 
Furthermore, we are therefore notifying you that you are to officially make an administrative charge of ( $58.99 only ) to enable us process the validation of your payment file through our head office here. Note In MoneyGram transaction when an amount of fund in transition is more than US$5,000.00  Dollars, the document file will be validation before the transfer will commence as ordered by the Federal Ministry of Finance and in all the MoneyGrams of the world-wide.

We want you to know that this is a legitimate transfer and that is why our Federal Ministry of Finace said that your file which was deposited at this MoneyGram with your name must be validation before the transfer will commence.

 
Be rest assure that as soon you send this $58.99  we must start transferring your fund to you through this Money Gram  Department without any further delay and this is the only fee you have to pay in this transaction as it was written down already by the Federal government of this country that mapped out the compensation fo you.

You should send the $58.99 via Money Gram money transfer or western union through the name of our cashier manager Mr.Mmorba O. Frank   Below is the destination address:

SENDERS NAME………………???
                               RECEIVER'S NAME...Mr Mmorba O. Frank         
  COUNTRY…….Republic of Benin. 
CITY………Cotonou
AMOUNT… $58.99
TEST QUESTION……who loves you must?
SECURITY ANSWER……………..God.
Reff#………………………………???
 
Thank's for your understanding 
 
Mr. Bob David  Anthony

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