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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: "Mrs. Sandra song" <WWW.@athena.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Sandra song" <moneygrambenin590@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 05:04:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Money gram international bank transf

Attention:
This money gram payment department remitting office have been instructed by the federal ministry of finance and funds transfer order to transfer your total fund of $850,000 00usd to you via money gram.
why our government officials map out your funds to be transfer through money gram is because of insincere/untrustworthy and dishonesty of our bankers, delivery company’s and the western union agents have even formed the habit of given fake control numbers this are the reasons our government officials decided to follow legal procedures of money gram to transfer your fund without passing through difficulties to receive your total funds.
be advised that our government officials has finally agreed to issue out your inheritance funds which suppose to transfer to you since beginning of this year but due to important matters which they want to solve out in respect of your total $850,000.00 usd that delayed your payment since then but thank god that the wholes issues has been solved out now.

Now you are informed that you will be receiving the sum of $6,000.00 usd per day, until your total amount of $850,000.00 usd (five hundred thousand dollars) is transferred completely.

The agent in charge of your fund is Dr Felix zuma. Address is (moneygrambenin590@gmail.com)
Phone number +229 9917-6605.

Fill these below information.

Your receiver’s name
Your country
Your city
Your test question
Your answer

be inform that you have to send the renewing fee of your transfer file which is the sum of $150.00 usd within 1days today because after this 1days there should be a penalties for the late comers and you have to write an application letter to the federal ministry of finance for not responding when needed.
This fee can be sent with this information through money gram

Receiver’s name: ZIRA TUMBA
Country: Benin republic
City: Cotonuo
Test question: how much
Answer: $150.00
Mtcn:
Senders name:

Call or email me now so that I can provide the money gram information to you as urgent as I can.
I wait for your urgent response today for me to proceed on your fund transfer as I was instructed by the federal ministry of finance.
Thanks and god blessing you.

Best regard
Mrs. Sandra song.
Money gram international bank transf
5000 USD

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