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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: "Dr. Christ Rejas" <office.for6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: centralbanokofduba@w.cn
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:09:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I was instructed to inform you on the latest development concerning your fund


Dear Beneficiary


I was instructed to inform you on the latest development concerning your fund,This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your fund transfer through the western union network or ATM MASTER CARD or True Deleivery,



For your information, note that after our resolution meeting with the new Minister of Finance and the western union managin dirct today second quarter of the year 2012
 
 
Therefore note that your information has been passed to our international foreign crrosepondant bank in UNITED ARAB CENTRAL BANK OF DUBAI to transfer your entire fund to you including the interest via bank to bank wire transfer to your bank account, we done this, because we did not trust any bank here in Africa
 
 
Right now your total fund is in UNITED ARAB CENTRAL BANK OF DUBAI, at this moment be advice to Contact your paying officer for the Immediate transfer to any bank account of your choice world wild  
 
 
Contact person: Dr. Ibrahim Usuman
Address: UNITED ARAB CENTRAL BANK OF DUBAI
E-mail:  centralbanokofduba@w.cn
Tel   ;   +971529148651
 
 
Endeavor to email them following information for immediate processing,
 
Full Names:
Address:
Age:
Country:
Phone no:
 

Yours Sincerely
Dr. Christ Rejas.
Federal Republic Of Benin




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