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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. Susan Dansuki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <transfermoneygram212@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:18:50 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MONEY GRAM OFFICE FOR YOUR PAYMENTS

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

THIS OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION IS TO DRAWN TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE CONCLUDED TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THE SUM OF $10,000.00 DAILY UNTIL THE $1.500,000.00 IS COMPLETELY TRANSFER. MEANWHILE, OUR OFFICE HAS ALREADY SENT THE SUM OF $10,000.00 TODAY.

THEREFORE, KINDLY CONTACT (MR. MARCEL OWURAH ) THE MONEY GRAM AGENT SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF $10,000 IN ANY MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER LOCATED AROUND YOU. BELOW IS THE MONEY GRAM AGENT CONTACT INFORMATION.

CONTACT PERSON: MR. MARCEL OWURAH,
E-MAIL ( transfermoneygram212@gmail.com )
TEL: +229-67783003

ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY GRAM REFERENCE NUMBER TOGETHER WITH THE SENDERS DETAILS TO ENABLE YOU PICKS YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF $10,000.00 IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ANY DELAY. ALSO YOU SHOULD SEND TO HIM YOUR INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BELOW TO ENABLE HIM LOCATE YOUR PAYMENT FILES AND GIVE YOU THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT TODAY.

YOUR NAME.......
COUNTRY........
PHONE NO.......
ADDRESS/CITY.........
AGE/SEX.....
OCCUPATION....

CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION SO THAT HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE MONEY GRAM PAYMENT DETAILS WHICH YOU NEED TO PICK YOUR FIRST PAYMENT AT ANY MONEY GRAM BRANCH LOCATED AROUND YOU.

THANKS YOURS,
MRS. SUSAN DANSUKI.

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