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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: "MR.WILL AKON" <westernunionoffice.file@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "MR.WILL AKON" <infomoneygramoffice@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:49:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Your Very Uregent Attention needed;


  
 MONEY GRAM REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
178 AVENUE PAPE JEAN PAUL II,
01 B.P. 2020, COTONOU REPUBLIC DU BENIN
E-mail: infomoneygramoffice@yahoo.es
Web site: www.moneygram.com
 
Your Very Uregent Attention needed;
 
Congratulation for this Good News from President Dr. YAYI BONI
An instruction was given to us this morning from the office of the presidency Dr. YAYI BONI the president of Benin Republic that we have to send all your fund to you immediately within 24 hours or else this Money Gram office will be close down.
 
He instructed us to start send $10,000 dollars to you daily until you collect all your $2.5million usd, the only money he told us to collect from you is $55 dollars that stands as the fund Release Order  of the  total fund.
 
Please get back to us now with the $55 dollars so that we will send you the $10,000 dollars right now and if we fail to do as instructed by President Dr. YAYI BONI this Money Gram branch will be close down according to the law.
 
Below is the information to send the $55 dollars for your fund Release Order, send it through money gram or Western Union  okay.
 
Receivers Name.... EMMA AMOBI
Receiver Country.... Benin Republic
City .... Cotonou
Text...... when?
Answer..... today
Total Amount.... $55 dollars.
MTCN……..
Sender’s Name……..
Sender’s Country………
 
Your $10,000 dollars will be sending to you immediately we receive the $55 today without any further delay okay.
I look forward to your urgent and positive response. Yours in service
 
Very best regards,

MR.WILL   AKON
Director Money Gram
International Benin Republic
Phone; +22968674766
Email; infomoneygramoffice@yahoo.es

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