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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: "MR. ALEX PETERSON" <ffffffffffffffffffde@tenor.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR. ALEX PETERSON" <ww.moneygram@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 01:37:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: HENCE AGAIN YOU HAVE TO ATTACHED THE PAYMENT SLIP IMMEDIATELY TO
US.

Welcome to Money Gram Send Money Worldwide FROM OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD COTONOU.

DEAR BENEFICIARY, THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MINISTER OF FINANCE DR OMAR MOHAMED HAS ORDERED THAT THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL SEND NOW IS JUST $75 US DOLLARS ON YOUR WINNING PRIZE SO THAT WE WILL START SENDING TO YOU YOUR $5000 US DOLLARS DAILY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUND OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($2,500,000.00) IS PAID TO YOU AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY BY SENDING THIS FEE WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THIS ORDER,YOUR TOTAL FUND WOULD BE CONFISCATED AND IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO GOVERNMENT PURSE,HE SAID THAT THIS IS THE FINAL ORDER.

SO I URGE YOU TO TRY AND SEE THAT YOU SEND THE $75 US DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL TODAY SO THAT WE WILL FINALIZE EVERY THING TO TODAY, BY TOMORROW MORNING,YOU WILL START TO BE RECEIVING YOUR FIRST $5000 US DOLLARS DAILY, PAYMENT MODE USE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR GRAM MONEY TRANSFER BELOW IS THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE $75 US DOLLARS ONLY,

RECEIVER NAME........... FABIAN NDIFER
CITY................COTONOU
COUNTRY.........BENIN REPUBLIC
QUESTION........WHAT COLOR
ANSWER.............GREEN
AMOUNT...........$75
MTCN............
SENDERS NAME?

ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE TO RECON-FARM YOUR INFORMATION AGAIN TO US.
YOUR FULL NAME......
YOUR COUNTRY.......
YOUR CITY...........
YOUR AGE.........
YOUR FULL ADDRESS.....
HENCE AGAIN YOU HAVE TO ATTACHED THE PAYMENT SLIP IMMEDIATELY TO US.

Yours faithfully in service.
MR. ALEX PETERSON,
Phone number+229-9852-7291
Email:(ww.moneygram@yahoo.com)

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