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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. Daniel RoseMarry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbank@c-bankbenin.ch.vu>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:50:17 -0000
Subject: YOUR FUNDS DEPOSITED IS US$3.5million

ATTN DEAR:

WE FINALLY CONCLUDED TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT OF (US$3,5M) VIA MONEY GRAM OFFICE THIS MORNING AS THE BEST AND EASIER WAY TO CASH YOUR FUNDS IN ANY OF YOUR NEAREST MONEY GRAM OFFICE IN YOUR CITY, WELL BASED ON MY AGREEMENT WITH MONEY GRAM DIR, Joseph Eze YOUR TRANSFER WILL START IMMEDIATELY YOU

CONTACT HIM WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION AS FOLLOW:

YOUR NAME......
YOUR HOME ADDRESS......
YOUR COUNTY/CITY.....
YOUR AGE/SEX.....
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER......
YOUR ID COPY.....
YOUR OCCUPATION.....

MONEY GRAM OFFICE:
Dir Joseph Eze
TEL: +229-98759377
E-mail: info@monegram.ch.vu

YOUR FUNDS DEPOSITED IS US$3.5million

BEST REGARDS,
Mr.Scott Forney

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