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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: westernoffic <officefile76153@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: westernoffic <westernoffic753@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:41:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good Day Dear Customer


 Good Day Dear Customer

The IMF of Benin Republic has deposited 850.000.00USD with your email address as your compensation fund in our office and instructed us to contact you for the transfer of the fund, they made it clear you must contact us with your information to verify with the one we have.

Provide the below information
Your name...
Country......
Address.....
Phone number.....
Our
agreement was that you will be receiving 10.000.00USD daily from us please try as much as you can to get back to us for the transfer,office number +229 68409837 we are waiting for your email.Contact him through this (westernoffic753@hotmail.com)

Mr Peter Godwin
Western Union Agent

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