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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: test <benjaminsmith922@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: moneygram.un67@live.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:21:46 +0000
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND CONGRATULATION FOR A GOOD NEWS TO YOU

FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER MONEY GRAM INT'L.
OFFICE ABUJA,NIGERIA
LOCATION. RUE BPH141 KINGSTON AVENUE ABUJA,NIGERIA.
REF: MT89TQ


Attention: Beneficiary,
Please,We have this month of January 2014 to received a payment credit instruction
from the federal Government and United Nation

(UN) to credit your account with your inheritance payment which is in the
custody of our Bank account here MONEY GRAM ONLINE CASH PAYMENT.

It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter because after the fund
has been brought to our office to

remit to you through MoneyGram,Money Transfer. somebody from your country by
name Charles Porter contacted us and said

you are on sick bed and you ordered him to contact us to remit the US $3.7Million.
which we have to confirmed from you that

did you ordered him to come and claim your fund as a result of being in
Hospital.

We have gone ahead to the Federal High Court and the Board Of Directors to renew
your files this morning to enable us

start your payment to you.

I hereby urged you to call or email us urgently for your comments which will be
highly appreciated if you are still
alive or not on sick bed.

You will recieve the first payment $6,000.00usd immediately, because we will not hesitate to
continue the payment transfer

Contact us through this E-mail:
moneygram.un67@live.com
As your silence will be a clear indication that you
authorized Mr Charles Porter to claim
your fund.

We want you to know that once you reply us with your data's now, you will receive your
first installmental payment of $6000.00

within 2 hours and it will also proof that you did not in any where ordered Mr
Charles Porter to come and claim your

fund that you still need to receive what rightful belongs to you.Remember that
the only thing holding us to transfer

your first installmental payment $6000. Therefore once we
receive your information giving to you below
it will only take us 2hours to remit your first payment $6000 through
MoneyGram or western union Money transfer.

You are advice to forward as a matter of urgency the information giving below:

Personal Information
First Name:
Last Name:
State of Origin:
Nationality:
Passport No:(if any)
National ID Card NO:(if any)
Phone Number:
Fax Number:(if any)
Marital Status:
Gender:
Birthday:
Indicate Your Address
Residential Address:
City:
State:
Country:

Congratulations once again from all the members and staff of Foreign operation money gram international to make dreams come through.


Rev. Benjamin Smith
Direct Phone number : +2348137240115
Email: moneygram.un67@live.com
www.moneygram.com
Executive Unionbank Director,
MoneyGram Department.

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