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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: =?UTF-8?B?VHJlYXN1cnkgRGVwYXJ0bWVudCwgSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbA==?= <portillo@speedy.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

Attention and Greetings,


I am Mr. John Campbell, the Cha= ir person in charge of Treasury Department,
International wire transfers= of Benin Republic Federal Ministry of Finance. You
are to reply through= this my official email address.
treasurydepartmentofficebenin@yahoo.ca)= because this is to inform you that your
fund was brought to my desk bec= ause the director & management of the WESTERN
UNION & MONEYGRAM = transfer have declared to divert your fund to the government
treasury ac= count just because you can not pay the wire transfer fee. In
reasoning w= isely to this complain I told them to wait until I hear from you
today s= o that I will know the reason why you decide to reject such amount of
mo= ney USD$2.5Million which is your rightful & legal overdue inheritance p= ayment
just because of transfer fee.


The reason why i sent th= is email to you is because its your sweat and for this
reason you still = have this last chance to claim your fund if you can send
USD$105.00 toda= y because i have already arranged your wires ready for its daily
wires t= o you but failing to do this, i will allow them to have power over your
= fund and am very sorry if you failed as this is the last chance.

Therefore, send the USD$105.00 immediately you receive this email today an= d
email your full name and address to me if you want your USD$2.5Million= be send
to you by western union OR Money gram transfer but the maximum = amount
officially allow for it per day wire to you is USD$7,500.00 per d= ay until you
receive your complete USD$2.5Million from here. The second = option is for you to
send me the full detail of your bank account if you= want your fund be fully
transfer by direct bank to bank wire transfer t= o your account at once. After
you have sent the $105.00 and email me the= mtcn numbers, you are to indicate
your wish to receive your funds as I = have stated above and the funds will be
released to you without any hitc= h.


Here is the western union or money gram information in the na= me of my
accountant to avoid delay in receiving your fund and remember t= hat i have done
my best for you and i will make sure that your wire will= begin to be released
to you from the moment you sent this $105.00 .
=

Send the $105.00 now and send me email with the western union mtcn = or money
gram reference numbers when you send the money, you can as well= call me on this
number +229-98409364, when you have sent the money now = ok.


Receivers Name...IKEME BASIL
Pay-Out Country... Benin
= Pay-Out City: Cotonou.
Address: Sain-Pierre Paul Cotonou, Benin-Republic= .
Test Question:..God
Answer:.. Bless.
Amount to send: ...$105.00<= br>
SEND MTCN NUMBER....


(1). Your Full Name,

(2). You= r Country,

(3). Your Direct Telephone Numbers,

(4).Your Direc= t Office Phone Numbers,

(5).Mobile Phone Number,

(6). Your Co= rrect Home Address,

(7). Your Office Address,

(8). Your Curre= nt Occupation,

(9).Your Weekly/Monthly Income,

(10). Your age= ,

Send it and email the MTCN control number, amount sent, name and = address of
sender to me for easy collection and once again remember to r= eply through this
my official email address  treasurydepartmentoffi= cebenin@yahoo.ca
TAKE NOTE: REPLY ONLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL: treasurydepar= tmentofficebenin@yahoo.
ca


Thanks.
Mr. John Campbell.
T= reasury Department, International
Wire Transfers, Federal Ministry of Fi= nance Benin Republic.
Telephone: +229-98409364



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