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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: Barrister Don Philip
Reply-To: <moneygramofice88@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 03:48:52 -0800
Subject: CONTACT MONEY GRAM OFFICE RIGHT AWAY

Attention :Email ID Owner,

Money gram Head Office wish to inform you that united nations Charitable foundation donated US$3.5 millions to randomly selected individuals worldwide.$5,000 has already been sent to you as first collection of which you will be receiving per hour until the total sum of US$3.5 millions is completely transfer to you,

This is the final notice you are going to receive from this office,do you get me? I hope you understand how many times this message has been sent to you.

Sender's Information are stated below:

Sender name===========Michael Smith
Test question======== what colour?
Test answer:==========blue
Amount================$5,000 00
MTCN==================414854**

Forward your below information to perfect the transfer under your name,
Receiver's Name_______________
Address: ________________
Country: _____________
Phone Numbers:_____________


Important note there is one Mr James Adam who claim to be your representative who came in our office said that you sent him to pay the fee on your be half as the next of kin to claim the fund are you aware of this man ???


Contact person: Director Mr.Fred Roland
Tel: +2348065617523
E-mail: moneygramofice88@gmail.com


You need to send the activation fee $85,before then you will see the complete 8 Digit number to pick up the needed $5000,Which have been sent to you today. So please act fast by sending the $85 with the information below for the pick up of your $5000 without delay.

HERE IS THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION TO SEND THE ACTIVATION FEE $85

Receiver's Name:....Godwin Okeke
Country:............Nigeria
City:...............Lagos
Amount:.............$85
Question:...........For what?
Answer:.............Release
MTCN.................
Sender's name........

As result of the information we got I told them to wait until I hear from you today to know if you are still interested to receive this fund lets release your full MTCN of your $5000 installment once we confirm the activation fee. So if you are interested on your fund, Send the activation fee of $85 upon your response.

Call Mr.Fred Roland on phone Tel:+2348065617523 as soon as you send email to him because your call would facilitate the immediate attention to you due to his tight transaction schedule,

Yours sincerely

Barrister Don Philip
UN Information Agent

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