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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: "Amos John" <amos.john07@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officemoney.gram@yahoo.com.tr
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:47:53 -0500
Subject: FORIGN OPERATION MANAGER OFFICE BENINr


    VITAL FINANCE BANK MONEY GRAM TRANSFER                    
DEPARTMENT.LOCATION ADDRESS; PLOT 1261, ADEOLA HOPEWELL STREET CO/B/REP,
  DR. CHIAMAKA J. FAVOUR TEL+229 99 800 785   Mail;  officemoney.gram@yahoo.com.tr

 

Attention: 
 
We have concluded to affect your payments through Money Gram transfer. I will be sending $7,000.00 usd to you daily until your $2.5M. is completely transferred to you accordingly. You can only pay   $45to enable the purchasing of your inheritance file to prevent illegal transfer of your funds or any form of hindrance in receiving your funds.
 
We shall obtain the Tax clearance certificates and finalize the process of your daily transfer, Money Gram Office will affect your payments by tomorrow morning as soon as you send the fee of $45
Below is the information which you will use to send the required fee through Money Gram or Western Union is close to you.
 
RECIEVERS NAME : DOMINIC IKEGBUNE
COUNTRY : Benin Republic
CITY : Cotonou
QUESTION : In God
ANSWER : We Trust.
AMOUNT:$$45  MTCN...........
 
Then after you have sent the fee to this information, you should send the payment informations. Immediately they purchase your payment files, you will start receiving your payments daily as stated above.
 
Here are details of your first payment of $7,000.00USD made on your behalf but it has no receiver's name and reference number yet until you remit the $$45 required before we can purchase the inheritance files with your name and put your name as the receiver and also send the refrence number to you for you to pick it up.

Note that within 42hrs if you do not remit the required $$45 the transfer will be retrieve back and remember that the money details given to you does not bear your name and have no reference number as the receiver yet until you make the payment of the $$45Thanks for your kind attention.
 
MY  AMOS JOHN 
DR.DAVID PETER  

FORIGN OPERATION MANAGER OFFICE BENIN



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