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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: "MRS. JANE WILLIAMS." <mrsjanewilliams1212@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: "MRS. JANE WILLIAMS." <moneygramtransfer1@overworked.co.in>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:41:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Your First Payment $7,000 Through Money Gram.


OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER,
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 78,
AVARAKU IGOLO ROAD COTONOU.
(MONEYGRAMTRANSFER1@OVERWORKED.CO.IN)
WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.MONEYGRAM.COM

ATTN: SIR /MADAM,

THIS IS IN REGARD OF YOUR TRANSFER VALUED OF $1.5M USD WHICH WAS RELEASE THROUGH THIS MONEY GRAM TO TRANSFER TO YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS FUND VALUED OF $1.5M USD WILL BE TRANSFERRING TO YOU THROUGH THIS MONEY GRAM EVERY BLESSED DAY, AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING $7,000 EACH DAY. BELOW IS YOUR INFORMATION OF THE FIRST PAYMENT OF $7,000 BUT YOU CAN NOT PICK IT UP BECAUSE WE NEED TO RENEW YOUR PAYMENT FILE IN THIS OFFICE TO ENABLE YOU PICK UP YOUR FIRST PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY OK. YOU ARE ADVICE TO CALL DIRECTOR MONEY GRAM AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL SO THAT HE WILL DIRECT YOU ON HOW TO PICK IT UP AND UPON PICK UP BY YOU, ANOTHER DETAIL WILL BE SENT AGAIN.

REFERENCE #: 90266861
AMOUNTS: $7,000
TEXT QUESTION: SENT
TEXT ANSWER: YES
SENDER FIRST NAME:.... CHINEDU
SENDER LAST NAME:.....MICHAEL
SENDERS ADDRESS: SAME AS ABOVE.

HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF MONEY GRAM

DIRECTOR MONEY GRAM: MR. JOHN EGBO.
EMAIL ADDRESS: ( MONEYGRAMTRANSFER1@OVERWORKED.CO.IN )
PHONE NUMBER: +229-98-798-929.

THEN CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:______
2. POSTAL ADDRESS:_______
3. PHONE NUMBER:_________
4. CELL NUMBERS:_______
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:________
6. SEX:_____
7. AGE:_____
8. OCCUPATION:________
9. NATIONALITY:________

SO CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION AS URGENT AS YOU CAN. THANKS AND GOD BLESS "U"

MRS. JANE WILLIAMS.


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