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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: "Robert T.Denning, Jr." <bobbydiezzz@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 11:32:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PAYMENT ALERT, RECEIVE YOUR FUND TODAY.

Greetings and compliments ,


I am Mr. John Campbell, the Chair person in charge of Treasury
Department, International wire transfers of Benin Republic Federal
Ministry of Finance. You are to reply through this my official email
address( ministryoffinance344@yahoo.fr )because this is to inform you
that your fund was brought to my desk, the director & management of the
WESTERN UNION & MONEY GRAM transfer have declared to divert your fund
to the government treasury account just because you can not pay the
wire transfer fee. In reasoning wisely to this complain I told them to
wait until I hear from you so that I will know the reason why you
decide to reject such amount of money USD $12.5Million which is your
rightful & legal overdue inheritance payment just because of transfer
fee.

The reason why I sent this email to you is because its your sweat and
for this reason you still have this last chance to claim your fund if
you can send USD$70.00 today because I have already arranged your wires
ready for its daily wires to you but failing to do this, I will allow
them to have power over your fund and am very sorry if you failed as
this is the last chance.

Therefore, send the USD$70.00 immediately you receive this email today
and email your full name and address to me if you want your
USD$12.5Million be send to you by western union OR Money gram transfer
but the maximum amount officially allow per day wire to you is
USD$7,500.00 per day until you receive your complete USD$12.5Million
from here. The second option is for you to send me the full detail of
your bank account if you want your fund be fully transfer by direct
bank to bank wire transfer to your account at once.

After you have sent the $70.00 and email me the mtcn numbers, you are
to indicate your wish to receive your funds as I have stated above and
the funds will be released to you without any hitch. Here is the
western union or money gram information in the name of my accountant to
avoid delay in receiving your fund and remember that I have done my
best for you and I will make sure that your wire will begin released to
you from the moment you sent this $70.00.

Send the $70.00 now and send me email with the western union mtcn or
money gram reference numbers when you send the money , you can as well
call me on this number +229-98406808 when you have sent the money now
okay .

Receivers Name:... onyeka john obiekwe.
Pay-Out Country:... Benin
Pay-Out City:Cotonou.
Address: Sian-Pierre Paul Cotonou, Benin-Republic.
Test Question:. God
Answer:.. Bless.
Amount to send: ...$70.00
SEND MTCN NUMBER....

Send it and email the MTCN control number, amount sent, name and
address of sender to me for easy collection and once again remember to
reply through this my official email address (
ministryoffinance344@yahoo.fr )

TAKE NOTE: REPLY ONLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL: (
ministryoffinance344@yahoo.fr )
Thanks.

Mr. John Campbell
Treasury Department, International
Wire Transfers, Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Republic.
Telephone: +229-9-8406808

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