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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: <so@goodnews209.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <mr.markbenprivat25@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 06:07:29 -0500
Subject: DEAR-THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FUNDS!!!

I have received your email and contents was well noted, The reason why I was assigned to this transaction is to give you guideline until you receive your funds which means I am representing you here as your attorney, All paper works has already be taken care of by me which means there is no other hidden charges or fee, you just have to follow every instructions that I give to you.

I want you to desist from contacting anyone who claims to be with your funds and always forward any email you get from those hoodlums and impersonators for proper investigation by our Legal Fraud Investigation Team (LFIT).

Like i have explained the only thing that is needed from you is the Governmental Clearance Orde and Administrative Endorsement which fee is $190 USD as already the financial secretary has signed for the release of your over due funds. The Federal Ministry of Finance and United nations has concluded a seminar some time ago for the release of your overdue funds and a mandate was placed upon the beneficiary to remit the fee of $190 USD for the Governmental Clearance Orde and Administrative Endorsement before any other proceedings can follow.

I have forwarded your information's including the nominated address of delivery to the Delivery Agency and they have stored it in their database.

We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $2.5,000,000.00(Two Million And Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you. Now how would you like to receive your payment? Because we have two method of payment which is by Check or by ATM card?

As soon as the payment for the Governmental Clearance Orde and Administrative Endorsement is confirmed. I shall proceed immediately to make submission to the right office after which an invoice receipt will be issued in order to ensure that your package is dispatched for delivery to your doorstep which will arrive in 48 hours time.

You are advice to send the money via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW PAYMENT INFORMATION TODAY WHICH I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER AGENT RELEASE AND TRANSFER THE MONEY BEFORE YOU LEAVE THEIR OUTLETS TODAY, SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE DELIVERY OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS OF (US$2.5 million usd).

Payment Information;
Receiver's Name: Mark Ben Okoro
Receiver's Address: Lagos Nigeria.
Test Question: God
Test Answer: Bless
Amount: $190 usd

PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION BELOW

SENDERS NAME
SENDERS ADDRESS
SENDERS PHONE NUMBER
MTCN NUMBER.....

Also scan the payment slip to me for confirmation

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Mr. Mark Ben Okoro
+234-8025074690
Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, Due to recent connection error here in the country.

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