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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: "Frank Tan" <agentk.insleyccc@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: moneygram462@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 08:18:43 +0800
Subject: Your payment has be sent to you $6500.00 here is the MTCN NUMBER #39028734

Attention:
Information reaching us from our  corporate headquarters now, states that you only have 48hours to effect payment  

for the activation of your MTCN to enable you cash up your first $6500:00 from  your total (fund) since you are

finding it difficult to make this payment we  have decided that you are to go ahead and pay whatever you have for

the  activation fee since you are not able to come up with the required sum, time is  of the essence here.

You are to pay what ever you  have for the activation fee; we will activate your MTCN upon receipt of this  payment.

here is the payment for the $6500:00 usd with the name of our Asistant Accountant officer but you can not pick it
up because  the chairman of the MONEYGRAM say that before you pick that money you must  pay any amount you

have at hand out of listed Amount bellow,CONTACT ON  moneygram462@yahoo.fr )

Remenber that  you can not pick it up the money due to it is unhold  and you can also Tracting it right now with our

website www.moneygram.com before you going to MoneyGram to send the tansfer charge of any Amount you have

at hand out of listed mount.

SENDER NAME:... Jack Mehoff
2.TEST QUESTION:....WHAT COLOR?
3.TEST ANSWER:......WHITE.
4.AMOUNT ..........$6,500 USD
5. MTCN:#39028734

Be informed that you will have  to pay the balance sum of your activation upon cashing up of your first $6,500:00  

USD, also I am using this medium to inform you that failure to pay the balance  sum will leave us with no option but

to deactivate your MTCN of which you will and can never cash up the balance sum I want you to send the renewing

and  transfer fee with the information bellow.

So use this name and Address of our Accountant officer to send any Amount you have at hand out of listed amount

bellow,

1.receiver name:..Basil Ndu.
country:.........Benin  Republic.
3.city :...........Cotonou   
4.test question:....when?
5.test answer:.....Now
6.sender name Address.....
 
7.amount you  Sent is $50.00usd, $55.00usd, 67.00usd $79.00usd or $98.00usd oka.

send us the MTCN number immediately you send the money and immediately we confirm the transfer fee we  will

send you the first receipt of your $6500:00 today and not tomorrow With best Regards contact this
email  address;( moneygram462@yahoo.fr )
Tel; +229 9844 9405
Frank Tan
Money Gram office Benin republic for your payment  

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