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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: "MR.AHMED YAKI" <economodiocesidicefalu@alice.it>
Reply-To: mrahmedyaki459@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:41:59 +0100 (CET)
Subject: ATM MASTER CARD WITH SUM AMOUNT $10. MILLION UNITED STATE DOLARS




BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
OFFICE OF CONSULAR DANGOTE HOUSE,
AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA
DISTRICT, FEDRAL FEPUBLIC OF BENIN
E-MAIL: brittshhighcommission@yahoo.fr
TEL:+229 99689093

Attention:

My name is Mr. Robert S, Dewar Consular. Executive Director British High
Commission in Benin Republic port Novo for Africa Annex office Federal Republic
of Nigeria. This is to bring to your notice that I amdelegated by the British
High Commissional Office (BHC) Anti-fraud and United Nations to supervise
payment of misappropriation scam casualty funds.

You are earmarked and approved by this committee to receive total fund being
your Misappropriation compensation payment as one of the scam casualty to be
paid. Due to the corrupt and incompetent Banking Systems in some Western
African countries, this committee is set to take saddle responsibility and
ensure that all scam casualties are paid via (ATM MASTER CARD WITH SUM AMOUNT
$10. MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLARS.)

However, in this regard, three hundred and six (306) bank and government
officials have been arrested in many African and European Countries so far and
arrest is still going on. We have recovered the total sum of US$3.2 Billion
from them in both cash and assets Confirmed to have come from their victims and
foreign beneficiaries’ of both contract funds, inheritance funds and lottery
winnings.Thousands of email addresses of victims (which include yours) have
also been recovered from their address books.

Our Service will get your fund to you via diplomat agent in 2days time after
you meet up with the postal service fee which is of a very low Tariff to suit
you and to make sure you receive your fund via our diplomat, as for our postage
service we will want you to know that GPS (BCB Postal Service) will need you to
pay for the postage service which is $68. usd which will be for the service
rendered to you.

You advice to complete with our requirement to enable get your ATM CARD to your
door step and you should try to send the money through Western union around
your house or office.

But if you can prefer to transferred the fund into your bank account then you
have to forward your account information immediately together with the payment.
also if you can like to receive your fund through atm master card then you
advice to immediately forward your delivery information.

Find below the outline charges on you delivery.

TOTAL: - 68USD. United State Dollars.

Bellow is the reciver name which you will use for the payment;

Reciver Name; Chris Dibor.
Country: Benin Republic .
City: Port Novo
Text Question: your first Name
Answer: your last Name

Yours truly,
Mr. Robert S, Dewar
CONSULAR,
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONS
FEDRAL FEPUBLIC OF BENIN PORT NOVO.

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