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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Jerra Edward Highcent"<clamav@ferrolene.com.br>
Reply-To: <collins.obili@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:11:10 -0700
Subject: CONFIRM NOW

USA EMBASSY IN BENIN REPUBLIC
Metro Plaza, Plot 991/992
Zakari Maimalari Street
Cadastral Zone AO,
Central Business District, West Africa
http://cotonou.usembassy.gov/
http://cotonou.usembassy.gov/public-affairs-section.html
 
Attn: Honorable Beneficiary.
 
Welcome to the United States Of America Embassy Benin Republic, This is Dr.Young B. Brown, U.S. Embassy in Benin Republic. We write to notify you that U.S. Embassy here in Benin has inter-vain in you case due your total sum of $2.4Million, Inheritance fund owning you in Africa. We are here to represent and protect the legal interest of every American and any others Country like UK and Assia that involved in such businesses of every Foreigner and especially to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member Country Citizens domiciled here in Cotonou, Benin Republic.This site contains information on the United States of America and the Republic of Benin. It provides pages on the bilateral relationship between the two Countries,as well as on foreign policy,economic affairs,domestic issues,and U.S.society and values.The various sections of the Embassy work together as a team to address the goals of the Mission.
 
We write to inform you of the breaking news about your Inheritance fund of ($2.4Million) which you have been expecting sending money for so longer, without a good result up to
 
date, even many of them contacted you in form of Western Union Department or Money Gram stated your fund was with them, from the financial regulatory bodies of this Country, from their report I gathered that your Inheritance fund which was scheduled to have been remitted to your destination point by some corrupt officials with intention of on asking you to pay endless money.However, I went to Benin Republic International Criminal Organization after we your Embassy Board of Directors for investigation, and in their bid to launch a full scale investigation into the saga, they found out that the reason why you were swindled in the past and still not been able to receive your expected fund till date wasbecause you were dealing with the wrong people without involved your Embassy  Reprensitive, unscrupulous elements, and impostors that were impersonating.
 
 
 
Further more,We United State Embassy of America have took the chance to an emergency meeting with the Government of Benin Republic, and it was resolved that you shall be receiving $2.4Million, we have summon the amalgamated union governing all the official office stores in this Country and their MD referred your fund to step aside that we will handle yourpayment total sum of $2.4Million,by ourself,so,it better for you to stopped communicate with any other office here in Benin Republic,because,if you did is for your own risk.Though the Claim Fund Origin certificate charges that you were supposed to pay was initially on the high price but has been cut down to $110 by the USA Embassy in Benin Republic as part of our corporate social responsibility to considering the poor economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class citizens to meet up with the Claim Fund Origin of their entitlement.
 
Note that the $105 is the only money that you shall pay to OBILI COLLINS before we shall start program the payment details that shall enable you have access of your $2.4Million, Note that the $110 is compulsory for you to pay as it was agreed in the meeting that you have to pay the $110 which will serve as re-confirmation to your original
 
file,meanwhile you are advising to reconfirm the below information to us avoid mistaking.So now we have agreed with WORLD BANK that your funds will paid through WESTERN UNION PRIPIAD ATM CARD,SO YOU ADVISED TO RECONFIRM THIS INFORMATION TO MONETARY UNIT NEWYORK FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE WE ACEPT THE $110 WHICH WE SHALL USE TO POST THE PRIPIAD ATM CARD FOR YOUR USAGE.SEND TO BRIAN WILFRED collins.obili@yandex.com MEANWHILE RECONFIRM THIS INFORMATION TO HIM.
 
1. Your Full Name:==========
2. Your Direct Cell No:========
3. Your Home Address:=======
4. Your City:==============
5. Your ID:==============
6.Your E-mail============
 
RECONFIRM ABOVE INFORMATION

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