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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: "DR.RICHARD CHRIS" <barbaragreen663@gmail.com>
Reply-To: money_gramoffice68@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:22:58 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: AM WAITING FOR YOUR RESPOND


WE RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE TODAY WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION REGARDING
YOUR $1.3MILLION WHICH REGISTERED INTO OUR OFFICE TO BE TRANSFER TO
YOU AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO US THAT YOU ARE TO
RECEIVED YOUR FUND $5000.00; EACH DAY UNTIL YOU GET YOUR TOTAL $1.3
MILLION FINISH,NOW WE HAVE FINISH EVERY ARRANGEMENT TO START SENDING
YOUR FIRST $5000.00; BEFORE WE CLOSE AT WORK,

BUT BEFORE WE RELEASE DETAIL OF YOUR FIRST $5000.00; TO YOU TODAY
YOU HAVE TO SEND $79 IN ORDER FOR US TO OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION LATTER
FROM HIGH COURT BENIN , NOW YOU HAVE TO GO AND SEND THE $57 TO ENABLE
US GET THE PAPERWORK PERMIT,

YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT DELAYING CAN BE VERY DANGERIOUS AND MAY
COURSE YOU MISFORTUNE IN RECEIVING YOUR FUND,YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT
ANY LONGER .SINCE THIS OFFICE IS MAKING ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT TO
BE SURE THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEEN COMMERCE ONCE WE CONFIRM THE
REQUESTED PAYMENT AND INFORMATIONS, SO MY DEAR GO AND SEND THET MOENY,
VIA THE INFORMATION BELLOW AND GIVE US THE REFRENCE NUMBER,

RECEIVER NAME.....MR. PAUL NNA
COUNTRY....BENIN REPUBLIC.
CITY...COTONOU.
TEST QUESTION..IN GOD?
ANSWER....I TRUST.
AMOUNT...$79 USD.
MTCN#____________
SENDER NAME__________

YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD TO SEND US THAT REQUIRED ($79 USD) AND BE REST
ASSURED THAT WITHIN 24 HOURS YOUR MONEY WILL BE CONFIRM TO YOUR
ADDRESS AND YOU WILL CASH IT FROM ANY OF OUR CORRUSPONDANT MONEYGRAM
BRANCH THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY BE REST ASSURE OF THIS MONEYGRAM OFFICE
INTERGRITY AND PERSONAL INTERGRITY.

Thank You DR.RICHARD CHRIS

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