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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: "Dave Knight ESQ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daveknight9727@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:01:47 +0800
Subject: Hello

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX SENATE HOUSE - UPPER CHAMBERS WUSE DISTRICT, COTONOU BENIN REP.
IF YOU FAIL TO SEND THE $49 THIS WEEK YOUR $2,500,000.00 IS GONE.....!!!
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
 
CONTACT ME BACK USING THE E MAIL BELOW: (daveknight9727@gmail.com )
 
Compliment of the season to you and your family,
 
Please I have to inform you again, that we are not playing over this, I know my reason for the continuous sending of this notification to you, the fact is that you can't seem to trust any one again over this payment for what you have been in cantered in many months ago, but I want you to trust me, I cannot scam you for $49 it is for bank processing of your payment, the fees of $49 is clearly written to you before, I did not invent the bill to defraud you of $49 it is an official bank payment processing fee, and the good part of this, is that you will never, ever be disturbed again over any kind of payment/fees, this is final, and the forms from there becomes effective once we submit your payment application processing fee and pay the form fee of $49 I don't want you to loose this fund this time,
 
because you may never get another such good opportunity, the Federal government is keen and very determined to pay your overdue debts, this is not a fluke, I would not The processing charges which was initially on the high price has been cut down by the payout bank considering the poor economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class citizens to meet up with the processing charges of their entitlement. Upon the confirmation of your processing charges you will get your $2,500,000.00 into your account within 15hrs.
 
Only what you will do now is to Contact us back if you are interested of receiving your fund and information has be given to you where to send the bank processing charges to avoid wrong transaction, finally my advice to you is not to abandon this transaction because of the requirement of
($49)
 
SEND THE $49 TO THE DETAILS BELOW. through Western Union Or Money Gram Urgent:
 
Receiver Name ... Anthony Emekamu
Country .....Benin Republic.
City .................Cotonou.
Amount .....$49.00 US Dollars
Text question: When
Answer: Now
 
Send the payment MTCN/REF# once you have sent the $49 together with your account details for the wire transfer.
 
Get back to me at daveknight9727@gmail.com
 
Thanks
 
As soon as the fee payment is received, you will receive your $2.5M same today without any delay.
 
Best Regards
David Knight ESQ

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