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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. MICHELLE" <dwgallaway13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "MRS. MICHELLE" <michelle002015123@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:52:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA

FROM MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA.

How are you today?
 
I am Mrs. Michelle Obama and I am writing  to inform you about your Bank Cheque Draft brought by the United Embassy from the government of Benin Republic in the white

house Washington DC which contains the sum of five hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars  credited from the bank of America, the delivery of your Bank Cheque

Draft has been mandated to be deliver to your address on Monday being 18th of May 2015 to you as soon as you get back to me with your home address and your cell phone

number including your mobile phone number.
 
Bear in mind that I have taking my time to be in charge of your funds as instructed by my husband to ensure that you received your funds successfully from the white

house to reduce the economy and I’m the only one that has your funds in regard to my husband Mr. Barack Hussein Obama II and you will have to pay the sum of $131.00

only before your Bank Cheque Draft will deliver to you on Monday Next week, the reason why the fee is required is to have your funds clearance  paper from the origin

of the Bank Cheque Draft to avoid any harassment from the authorities and you are also expecting to be announced as winner of the said amount by Monday, soon as your

Bank Cheque Draft is delivered to you.

So you are advice to get back to me with your home address and also with the payment information of the required $131.00 only today for immediate effect of your

delivery. Note that the $131.00 is the only fee and final payment you have to pay for this delivery and am 101% assurance with my world.
 
However, according to our agreement with the originated Benin Republic, all our communications should be on email for record purpose, so follow my instruction

accordingly, even if you don’t have the $131.00 try to borrow it today and send it immediately because this is your life opportunity and I don’t want you to lose the

chance any more and the reason you will be the one to take care of the fee is to enable file the payment slip bears your name for record purpose, if not I could have

handle the fee for you  but am sorry you are the one to send the $131.00 only with your name.
 
Please I will advice you to urgently make the payment this morning via western union or money gram money transfer to the listed cashier name: Cornella Furches Brown ,

as instructed by the originated authority. I will look forward to received your email today with the payment to enable the origin secure the required clearance papers

required at White House Benin to deliver your funds. Note that it will take only 14hrs to deliver your Bank Cheque Draft in receipt of the $131.00 payment.
 
Please find the payment data below to send the $131.00 via western union or money gram.
 
Receiver Name: Cornella Furches Brown  
Address: 2801 Lomond St., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27127-4035 (USA)

MTCN reference number............
Sender Name...........
Sender's Telephone……
Sender's Address........
 
I look forward to your respond to your email with the payment today.
 
Regards
Mrs. Michelle Obama
The White House
(Official Residence of the President of the US)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20500 USA

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