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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.Mary Wilson" <officefiles010101@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: moneygram.transfer2015@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 13:45:02 +0800
Subject: YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF FIVE THOUSAND US DOLLARS THROUGH MONEY GRAM.

YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF FIVE THOUSAND US DOLLARS THROUGH MONEY GRAM.

Welcome to money gram transfer World wide

Attn Customer,

There is an issue with money gram involving $800,000.00 which was called to
this office by International Monetary Fund(I.M.F). An instruction has come
directly from Mr. Jona Akim(the senior officer in charge in International
Monetary Fund Benin Republic)He asked us to start sending your fund install
mentally $5000 per a day.This type of transfer means you will be receiving
$5000 everyday through money gram till you receive your whole compensated fund
of $800,000.00. In further arrangement,we have programmed the transaction with
a clear calculation and decided to inform you before the commendation of it
all.To enable us send to right person,you are then advised to get back to us
stating clearly to reconfirm the below information:

1.Your full name
2.Your full address
3.The correct spelling of your city and country
4.The test question and answer you will like us to use for the transfer.
5.Your direct telephone number to call you whenever a payment is sent.

As soon as the above information are received by this office,We will quickly
send you the first installment and wait for you to receive it and inform us as
we continue with the transaction till you receive the whole of your
compensated fund of $800,000.00.You are then to send the above requested
information to the money gram director in charge of your payments using the
information below.

Name: Dir. Felix Mark,
Email: (moneygram.transfer2015@yahoo.co.uk)
Email: (moneygram.transfer2015@yahoo.co.uk)
Tele phone:+229 98526477

Thank you

best regards
Mrs.Mary Wilson

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