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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: "From Interpol Head Office," <yddbh@flash.net>
Reply-To: rjamesrrock@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:40:50 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: Re: Hello




--
Hello My Dear,

How are you today over there in your country.
I am Hon.Mr.Jeff Robert Carl, the Chairman of Interpol
Investigation Office Benin Republic.

This email is to notify you about the release of your outstanding payment
which is truly $4.5million. The Federal Government scheduled a time frame
to settle all foreign debts which includes Contract/Inheritance
/Gambling/Lottery and other internal loans. News had it that over the
past, numerous individual(s) who happen to be impostors(claiming to be
individuals, banks and organizations) are claiming to release numerous
sums of fund via numerous ways.

With the help of our office INTERPOL,Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission And the Federal Bureau Of Investigation we have noticed that
you have being asked to pay outrageous amount of money by these impostors
for the transfer of your funds in an ATM CARD to you . We want you to stop
all communication that has to do with these fraudsters who have been
requesting unreasonable sums of money from you to release your funds which
they do not have access to.

We have received a mandate and instructions from the President, Federal
Republic of Benin: DR YAYI BONI together with the INTERPOL COTONOU, Benin
Republic, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to commence the
immediate release of your funds through ATM Card.

Payment via Automatic Teller Machine (ATM card): This is where you will be
sent an Automatic Teller Machine card also known as ATM card (Debit Card
issued by MasterCard). Upon receipt of your ATM card you will be allowed
to withdraw $10,000.00 per day by default and you are given the option to
increase the withdrawal limit of your card to a range of $20,000.00 if you
want.You are advised to communicate with us immediately you read these
email regarding your $4.5 million. Your ATM card will be shipped via FedEx
Shipping Company and would get to you within 48 hours at most.

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for
shipping your ATM card is $135.99 but because FedEx have temporarily
discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is
delivered for international shipping as stated on their website:
http://fedex.com/us/international/irc/profiles/irc_bj_profile.html?gtmcc=us#C10

We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees
reduce from the actual $135.99 to $100 nothing more and no hidden fees of
any sort!You are advised to contact the dispatch officer responsible for
the shipping of your ATM card and also reconfirm the following information
for shipping of your payment ATM card to your doorstep.

Dispatch Officer:Rev.James Rock,
Email: rev.james@yahoo.fr
Telephone..+22999485483

And provide him with the following information:

1. Your Full Names...........
2. Postal Address............
3. Phone Numbers.............
4. Cell Numbers..............
5. Emails Address............
6. Sex.............
7. Age.............
8. Occupation................
9. Nationality...............
10 Your Attached Photo........

The dispatch officer will provide you with instructions on how you are to
make payment of the $100 only for the shipping of your ATM card.This
measure is intended to stop the impostors you have erroneously been
dealing with. You are to adhere strictly to the instructions above for
more information contact the dispatch officer.

Remember that you are not paying any fees extra no matter what. Once again
note that the actual FedEx Retail Price is: $135.99, and Price was reduced
(Because of our contract signed) to: $100 ($35.99 Savings!).

Yours sincerely,
Hon.Mr.Jeff Robert Carl
Chairman Interpol Investigation
Office Benin Republic
Cc: Senate President
Cc: All Foreign Payment Offices
Cc: Board of Directors [Fpd]

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