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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: George Clement <D.@ivy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: George Clement <info.fhcbr217@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:16:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF BENIN

FROM THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF BENIN
(Civil Procedure)
(F.H.C.B)
(ARRANGEMENT)

This to acknowledge you that your e-mail id is found among those that have been scammed, and the competition have been approved from the supreme high court here in Benin and we are asked to contact you by the Benin president on how to send you your($1,500.0000.00) united state dollars by the diplomatic courier agent and the fund has been arranged on CONSIGNMENT BOX.

So you are advice to contact the delivery company in charge where your VALID CONSIGNMENT BOX is deposited.And make sure you contact them with your full Contact information such as listed below.

A...Your full Name.....
B...Your home address.......
C...Telephone number.........
D...Your occupation............
E...Country........................
F...your international passport/or drivers license or state I.D Card........

Also forward the major email they use to scam you because we need it for more investigation in-other to make sure that we arrest them all.

Remember,the reason why your total fund was arranged on CONSIGNMENT BOX is because many People complain about fraudster every day from Benin and we are trying to stop this fraudulent from Benin and am assuring you that it will stop because we are now working with the internet operation such as YAHOOMAIL, HOTMAIL,AOLMAIL and also the united state FBI and Economic financial crime commission (EFCC). And many people have been scammed by bank wire transfer going around the whole Africa and the reason to STOP paying money to the fraudster So the scam can be eradicated in this country and I want you to follow your fund code which follow bellow, and wish is given to you by the Federal high court of Benin and the code is (746*78F*GN)

And I want you to keep this code, because this code will ensure and Alert you in any day you receive a scam e-mail from this country. And as soon as you contact UNITED PARCEL SERVICE BENIN with your full contact information requested, they will forward everything to the Benin presidency office to issue out your fund certificate as the rightful beneficiary.

Company Name:UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF BENIN REPUBLIC
Director,Mr. Martyn Fisher
E-mail Address:(unitedpsbr018@gmail.com)
Tell Phone:+229-990-920-84

Contact them in regarding of the CONSIGNMENT BOX to be deliver to you by the Diplomatic (GSDS) and also any beneficiary will be responsible for shipping fees so as to avoid any scam and the fees is just $150.00 and you will receive your CONSIGNMENT BOX from the high court. The director in charges of your CONSIGNMENT BOX will alert the united state bureau and also your state police for the CONSIGNMENT BOX to be deliver to you without any restriction and problem when the fund get to your location area.

Thanks

Regard,
Barr,George Clement
E-mail(info.fhcbr217@gmail.com)
FROM THE CHIEF GEORGE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF BENIN

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