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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: Juliet Joel <josephbell001@byttre.net>
Reply-To: <juliet.joel1982@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:12:32 -0800
Subject: Dear Scam Victim

SYPNIC BANK BENIN PLC.
SCAM COMPENSATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT
WORLD BANK/UNITED NATIONS
2015 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
YOUR REF/PAYMENTS CODE: SBB/06654 FOR $1,500,000.00 USD ONLY.

Dear Scam Victim,

This is to bring to your notice that our bank (SYPNIC BANK BENIN PLC) is delegated
by the WORLD BANK/UNITED NATIONS to pay victims of scam $1,500,000.00 USD
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only). You are listed/approved
for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.

The payments are to be remitted by SYPNIC BANK BENIN PLC as corresponding paying
bank under funding assistance by The WORLD BANK. Benefactor of this
compensation award will have to be first cleared by SYPNIC BANK BENIN PLC and
confirmed as a victim from Scam before scam payment can be effected. We
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response from you.

You are to send the following information to your remittance officer for
further verifications.

YOUR FULL NAMES.___________________________
ADDRESS.___________________________
PHONE NUMBER.__________________
AMOUNT DEFRAUDED.________________
AGE.___________
OCCUPATION._____________________
COUNTRY.________________________

SCAN COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT__________________



Yours Faithfully,
NAME: MS.JULIET JOEL
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE:
SBB/06654 $1,500,000.00
Telephone:+229 66968807

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