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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: "PHILIP" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <philipjohn985@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 02:08:45 -0800
Subject: WAITING FOR YOU NOW.

DEAR FRIEND,
 
MY NAME IS MR.JOHN PHILIP A WORKER OF TELEX/COMPUTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ECO
BANK,BENIN REPUBLIC. I AM SENDING THIS PRIVATE EMAIL BASED ON THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, I WILL LIKE TO ADVICE, IF AFTER
GOING THROUGH MY PROPOSAL AND YOU DO NOT ACCEPT IT,KINDLY KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
DO NOT EXPOSED IT TO ANY ONE.
 
AS OF THIS MOMENT, I AM STILL IN SERVICE WITH THE ECO BANK BENIN REPUBLIC.
AND I WILL NOT BY ANY MEANS LIKE TO LOOSE MY JOB, SO IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED,
KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF LIKE I TOLD YOU. I HAVE WORKING OVER 12 YEARS IN THIS
BANK BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW UP IN MY OWN AS SOME ONE WORKING IN
THE BANK.
 
THIS IS JUST MY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE MY CHILDREN A GOOD
EDUCATION. INFACT I AM SICK AND TIRED OF EVERYTHING HERE AND I NEED TO GET OUT
FROM THIS COUNTRY AND LOCATE TO YOUR COUNTRY AND SETTLE DOWN WITH MY FAMILY.
 
I HAVE FOUND OUT OF A HIDDEN MONEY FROM ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER LATE MR.
DAVIS WHO WAS POISON BY THE PROSITUDE HERE IN MY COUNTRY IN HOTEL ROOM, I WAS
CALLED FROM THE HOTEL MANAGER SO WHEN I GET THERE AND FOUND THAT THE MAN IS
ALREADY DEAD AND I TOOK HIS PRIFCASE AND DISCOVER THAT ALL THE DOCUMENT IS
INSIDE THE PRIFCASE AND I KEPT IT TO MYSELF ALONE AND NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.
 
I WISH TO ASSURE YOU THAT WITH MY POSITION HERE IN THE BANK, I CAN PUNCH THE
COMPUTER AND CREDIT THE $10.9 MILLION USD INTO YOUR ACCOUNT STRAIGHT AND
CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE TO YOUR NAME, I CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS UNDER TWO
WORKING DAYS, BUT WE HAVE TO SHARE THE MONEY 50%50 WHEN I ARREVED TO YOUR
COUNTRY.
 
IF YOU ARE AGREED TO THE PERCENTAGE 50/50 WHAT I NEED FROM YOU NOW IS YOUR
CONTTACT DETAILS SUCH AS;
 
A) YOUR NAME
B) YOUR PHOTO
C) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NO
D) YOUR COUNTRY
E) YOUR BANK NAME/BANK ACCOUNT AND ADDRESS
 
 
ONCE I HEAR FROM YOU NOW I WILL CONTACT ONE OF THE GOOD BUSSINESS ATORNEY WHO
WILL ASSIST US AND CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP OF $10.9 MILLION USD TO YOUR NAME.
FINALLY, YOU WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
BETWEEN YOU AND ME ALONE.
 
 
WAITING FOR YOU NOW.
 
REGARDS.
MR.JOHN PHILIP

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