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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: "Minister For Finance." <officefile3477@att.net>
Reply-To: ministryoffinance012@wss-id.org
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:35:46 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Attn: Scam Victim.


Federal Ministry of Finance
Re-compensation Payment Reconciliation Panel
Via Office of the Presidency
7812 Parakuo Office Old Road Avenue Benin Rep.

Attn: Scam Victim.

Good
day, I write in regards of the compensation of the scammed Victims
going on. I am Mr. Jonas A.Gbian, Minister for Finance of the Federal
Republic Of Benin. It might sound ridicules to you which might be
because of the channel of my message as it is
from the department of Federal Ministry Of Finance Benin in
Collaboration with the ECO WAS, why I took the obligation to write to
you is because of the instruction by Mr. president over the problem that
we are having with the united nations and Us embassy here in my country
all because of blacklist of the name of my grate country and including
our name among of the Scam country list. Now we are mandated to
compensate the individuals whom has been scammed from our country and
your E-mail was discovered among the ones we have on our system been
scammed by Africa Countries.

It
has been a war here for over a week and two days now as it is what we
were told by the united Nations to compensate the people whom has been
scammed from our country so that our Name can be removed from the Scam
list, this made Mr. President to with his veto power vested on him
ordered that all people whom their name(s) appear on the list be
compensated. It will be of good instinct to go through the profile
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayi_Boni )Now I want you as part of our
investigation to list and explain to us with truthfulness the Total
amount that you have sent to Benin so that you get compensated by this
grate Nation and then we get our name out of the blacklisted countries.
Benin Government/United Nations and Eco-was Board Involved will
scheduled haw to effect the payment through her Agency.

Here
are the questions that you need to answer so as we can be able to know
the exact amount that you have spent so as to scheduled your
compensation immediately:

(1)have you been sending fee to this country?
( 2) Have you received any money from any one from this country?
(3) Can you state people whom you have been sending money to and with their phone numbers?

Please
I need your urgent respond and I want you exercise no fear at this
matter as all we need is just your sincerity, tell us how things has
been all this while, Note: You will be compensated by this Government
once you provide with us the evidence that you have been a scam victim
you. Your urgent responds is needed so as for us to resolve this
problems that we are recently having with the united nations and Us
embassy here, considering.

Waiting to hear from you toward
these imperative .

Get back to us through this email ( ministryoffinance012@wss-id.org )

Regards,
Mr. Jonas A.Gbian,
Minister For Finance.

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