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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: Johnson Williams <williamsjohnson001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info_treasurydeptoffice@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:23:04 +0100
Subject: Your immediate respond is needed

My name is Johnson Williams,

The assistance Chair person in charge of Treasury Department,
International wire transfers of Benin Republic.You are to reply
through this email addres( info_treasurydeptoffice@yahoo.fr ) , this
is to inform you that your fund was brought to my desk because the
director & management of the WESTERN UNION MONEY transfer have
decleared to divert your fund to the government treasury account.

In reasoning wisely i told them to wait untill i hear from you so that
i will know the reason why you decide to rejected such amount of money
USD$1.5Million which is your righful & legal overdue inheritance
payment.

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$105.00, because i have already arranged your transfer
ready to be wires to you but failling 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 you have.

Therefore,send the USD$105.00 immediately you receive this email and
email your full name and address to me if you want your USD$1.5Million
to be wired into your account or by atm master card.

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 or by atm.

After you have sent the $105.00 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 release to you without any hintch.

Here is the western union 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 to be
releasing to you from the moment you sent this $105.00

Send the $105.00 now and send me email with the payment information
when you send the money.

Receivers Name:...Uche Dam.
Pay-Out Country:... Benin-Republic
Pay-Out City : Cotonou.
Address: No..77 Sain-Pierre Paul Cotonou, Benin-Republic.
Test Question:..God
Answer :Glory
White Amount to send: ...$105.00
SEND MTCN NUMBER....

Send it and email the 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 (
info_treasurydeptoffice@yahoo.fr )

Thanks .
Johnson Williams.
Treasury Department Office,
International Wire transfers department.

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