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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: "Jean-marie Ehouzou" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <j.marie.e01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:29:26 +0100
Subject: Do not make further payment

Attention: Fund Recipient,
 
 
 
We have reviewed your fund record and could not find any cogent reason on why the fund has not been transferred to you. The ministry of finance has received a mandate from the office of the presidency to resolve all delayed foreign fund transfers within 30 days. Internal investigation has revealed that some alleged staffs of various banks and institutions here have taking undue advantage of the porous banking network to infiltrate the system. They have contacted more than 30 foreign clients on one particular fund deposited in the bank and have assigned ownership of the fund to all of them thereby making each of them a beneficiary to the fund but all in a bid to extort money from them. This is ridiculous as lots of payments have been made but all to no avail and this has brought a strain in our international financial relations and reputation with other countries. Republic of Benin is now dubbed the scam capital of Africa .
 
 
This has come to the knowledge of the presidency hence this automaton to resolve them We have made several attempts to reconcile your fund approval which has been cancelled severally without reason but to no avail. In view of this and following the mandate from the office of the presidency to the ministry of finance for all outstanding delayed funds to be released without any fee prior to the receipt of your fund, you are advised to reconfirm to us without delay your bank account coordinates for the transfer.
 
 
The government approved annual interest on the fund is 3.5% but we cannot work out the exact interest on your fund without a proof of your fund duration here.You should send to us any evidence of how long the fund has been here with every failed attempt to receive the fund.
 
 
 
You are hereby warned to desist from any form of communication with any person from Africa (NO EXEMPTION) regarding the above matter so that we can confirm the source of this problem. There is a confirmation that these unscrupulous elements are equally using their contacts in Togo, burkina Faso , Ghana , Nigeria , and Cote D?Ivoire to contact you on fund transfer matters using your existing information which you have sent to them earlier. They have duplicated your contact hence you are receiving various forms of fund transfer emails but all in a bid to defraud you. These people are all but one person so do not be mislead.They have told you various versions of their stories but the only thing you have not seen is the fund they have always told you about so in your interest you are advised to discontinue any contact with such person or group of persons. They equally have contacts in UK , Germany , Holland , Malaysia , Dubai , India and Spain which are extensions of their fraudu lent offices
 
 
Your prompt response is needed so that we can proceed with the vetting of your transfer file for onward approval, release and transfer of the fund to you.
 
 
Jean-Marie Ehouzou
Telephone;+229-97243908
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
African Integration,Francophonie and the Beninese Diaspora

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