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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.SULE ABOKI" <frankdubem@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infomoneygramtransferworldwide02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT IS READY VIA MONEY GRAM CALL MONEY GRAM OFFICE!!!!




CONGRATULATION DEAR FRIEND.

YOUR PAYMENT IS READY VIA MONEY GRAM CALL MONEY GRAM OFFICE!!!!

THIS LETTER WILL DEFINITELY BE AMAZING TO YOU BECAUSE OF IT'S A REALISTIC VALUE. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCES THAT WAS RENDERED TO YOU IN YOUR LINE OF COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $5.8MUSD WITH IMPERSONATORS SOME WHILE AGO.

I KNOW THAT THIS LETTER WILL HIT YOU BY SURPRISE, FIRSTLY I WILL LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, AND I AM. (HON .MR. RONALD CHARLES) THE LEGAL CHAIRMAN OF "ICPCB", (INDEPENDENT CORRUPTION PRACTICES COMMISSION BENIN REPUBLIC), NOTE THAT ON THE 1ST OCTOBER 2006, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN (DR. THOMAS YAYI BONI) INTRODUCE A COMMISSION NAMED THE "ICPCB", (INDEPENDENT CORRUPTION PRACTICES COMMISSION BENIN REPUBLIC) WHICH IS DULY REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS (U.N.O).

WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO PAY YOU YOUR COMPENSATION THROUGH MONEY GRAM URGENT REMITTING OFFICE SINCE YOU WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION E.T.C DUE TO THEIR MANAGEMENT, BUT NOW WE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF ( $5.8.000.000M USD) (FIVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED UNITED STATE OF DOLLARS) THROUGH MONEY GRAM OFFICE.

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING ($10,000.00 USD PER DAY), (TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS) BUT I WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT MONEY GRAM RIGHT NOW AND ASK HIM FOR YOUR FIRST PAYMENT,

HIS NAME IS ( DR SULE ABOKI) AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU FULL INFORMATION HOW YOU CAN GET START RECEIVING YOUR MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH MONEY GRAM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

VITAL UNITED BANK OF AFRICA. MONEY GRAM TRANSFERS.

DEPARTMENT..LOCATION ADDRESS; PLOT 1261,
ADEOLA HOPEWELL STREET CO/B/REP,
CONTACT PERSON: DR SULE ABOKI
EMAIL ADRES (infomoneygramtransferworldwide02@yahoo.co.uk)

TEL PHONE NUMBER: +229-991-614-68
ALSO HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SEND TO HIM.

NAME ____
ADDRESS____
AGE______
COUNTRY_______
STATE_____
CURRENT OCCUPATION___
MOBILE PHONE_____
HOME PHONE_______
OFFICE PHONE_______
GENDER_______
NEXT OF KIN _____
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION _____

CALL +229-991-614-68 OR EMAIL (infomoneygramtransferworldwide02@yahoo.co.uk) HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION TO YOU AS URGENT AS YOU CAN. ALSO DO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY THEY HAVE STARTED SENDING YOUR MONEY, BUT TRY TO COMPLY WITH THEM TO ENABLE THEM SERVE YOU BETTER.REPLY DIRECTLY TO (infomoneygramtransferworldwide02@yahoo.co.uk)

YOURS SINCERELY,
HON.MR RONALD CHARLES



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