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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: "Mrs.Blessing Okoh" <benoliseh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fundmonitors02@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:51:15 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT.................

ATTENTION:

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be
of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been
experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive
demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and
government parastetals after which your fund remain unpaid to you.

I am Mrs Blessing Okoh, a highly placed official of the Federal Fund
Monitors (FFM). It may interest you to know that reports have reached
our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way which people
like the way you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies
across Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided to put a stop to
that and that is why i was appointed to handle your transaction.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental parasites, NGOs, Finance
Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have
been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back up from
your transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to them
anymore since the (FFM) is now directly in charge of your payment. You
are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions
with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to
you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action
contrary to this instruction is at your own risk.

You are advice to contact this office with the bellow information:

Contact Name :Alhaji Suleiman Barau
Email: fundmonitors02@yahoo.co.jp

For the processing of the fund do forward to me the following information

1, Your full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone number (Private)
4. Age and occupation & Marital status

Regards,
Mrs Blessing Okoh
FEDERAL FUND MONITORS

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