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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: "REV. MARK JAMES" <afamcosmas2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "REV. MARK JAMES" <diamondbank.intlplc.69@mail.ru>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 11:53:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY,


 DEAR BENEFICIARY,

I AM HEREBY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FUNDS WORTH OF $3.5 MILLION USD WAS DIRECTED TO DIAMOND BANK INT'L PLC FOR ONLINE BANKING DIRECT TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE WESTERN UNION AND MONEY GRAM OFFICE REQUIREMENT IS TOO HIGH DUE TO THE HUGE AMOUNT APPROVED ON YOUR NAME. DO CONTACT THE DIAMOND BANK INT'L PLC FOR ONLINE BANKING NOW.

BELOW IS THE BANK CONTACT DETAILS:

Diamond Bank Int'l Plc
E-mail: (diamondbankplcbenin@qip.ru)
Telephone: +229 6837 6810
Mr. Benjamin I. Dada (Managing Director)

DO CONTACT THEM NOW FOR IMMEDIATE ONLINE BANK TRANSFER OF YOUR APPROVED FUND.

THANKS

REV. MARK JAMES

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