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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Rev. Sister Mathew Evelyn" <o.file123456789@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Rev. Sister Mathew Evelyn" <rev.evelynm@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 20:43:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT
Good day
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Please reply me here
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I' m reverend sister Mathew Evelyn from St. Jude Catholic Church Abomey Calavi Benin Republic. It’s very pathetic that we lost Rev. Father Louis Jang Bono of St. Jude Catholic Church Abomey Calavi.
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Late Rev. Father Louis Jang Bono was an American and also an orphan but Nationalized here in St. Jude Catholic Abomey Calavi Benin Republic.
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Late Rev. Father Louis Jang Bono died on 5th September 2014 and before he died he made a will and I am glad to inform you that late Rev. Father Louis Jang Bono made you the beneficiary of his WILL a sum of $2.500, 000.00 through your email address.
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You might be wondering how late Rev. Father Louis Jang Bono made you the Beneficiary of his will.
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The late Rev. Father Louis Jang Bono made a random Sampling of ten people email addresses by the help of Microsoft International firm and among the ten people email addresses and yours came out as a Computerized selected and this is how late Rev. made you the beneficiary of his will.
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Kindly forward the details below to me so that I can forward it to the United Bank for Africa Cotonou Benin Republic for the release of your funds.
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Full name:
Contact address:
Country:
Age and occupation:
Private Phone number:
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I wait to hear from you today
Best regards & god bless you
Rev. Sister Mathew Evelyn
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