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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: "Mr.nelson edward" <nagyg2000@t-online.hu>
Reply-To: nelson_edward101@xd.ae
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:41:58 +0200
Subject: Central bank of benin republic office of the director
electronics/internet banking department


Central bank of benin republic office of the director electronics/internet
banking department
Tinubu square cotonou - benin republic
OFFICIAL EMAIL:(nelson_edward101@xd.ae)

Dearest,beneficiary.

My name is mr.nelson edward i am the director of electronics and internet
banking department of central bank of benin republic. I am sending this
private email to you based on the confidentiality of the transaction.
Please, i will like to advice if after reading this proposal you do not
accept it, kindly keep it to yourself or delete it. As at this moment, i am
still working with the central bank of benin republic (cbn) and i will not
by any means like to lose my job.

I have put in over 15 years of service to this bank but unfortunately have
nothing to show for it. I think this is my  
Golden opportunity to secure a bright future for my family and children
since my government has refused to take care of  
Its responsibilities. Infact i am sick and tired of everything in this
country. I have discovered from my investigation  
That you are a fund beneficiary with the government of nigeria and united
nations and thus you have paid every fee and met
All the statutory requirements in respect of your fund payment but till
these day you have received nothing. Please be  
Equally advised that central bank of benin republic is the only financial
institution that can pay your fund to you hence  
There is no other financial institution in africa/world that can handle
your fund payment/inheritance fund without  
Instructions from the central bank of benin republic.

Investigation has revealed that your problem is that of interest group thus
it has affected virtually every financial and  
Security department such as the united nations, world bank, imf, efcc, fbi,
cia, homeland etc. Several people are  
Interested in your payment and that explains why you receive several emails
and phone calls from different people
Everyday.

Note that their game plan is to defraud and frustrate you until you abandon
your fund then they will be comfortable enough  
To transfer your funds into their overseas partners account. Their aims and
target is not the money you are sending to  
Them by western union and money gram but to frustrate you out of receiving
your fund hence you have lost trust and  
Confidence on everybody and don't know who to believe or trust as genuine
officer. I can see that you have lost hope and  
Interest in claiming your fund due to several frauds committed against you.
But i have good news for you if only you will  
Cooperate with me.

If we must succeed in this, then you must quit from communicating with
those impostors if not they will continue to suck  
Your finance dry and still you will end up not receiving your fund. But i
have good news for you by my position as the  
Director of electronics and internet banking department of central bank of
benin republic i am in charge of issuing atm  
Visa card and certified bank draft. After going through your file, i have
discovered an accrued interest amount of us$8.5
Million on your fund. This accrued interest amount of usus$8.5 million is
what i intend to pay you secretly by way of  
Issuing you with a visa atm card. Be informed that i have withdrawn the
accrued interest amount of usus$8.5 million from  
The domiciliary account set up for your payment and processed and uploaded
the fund into an atm card for onward dispatch  
To you. I spent a total sum of us$2,550 to process and upload the accrued
interest sum into the visa atm card from my  
Pocket. Please be informed that i have perfected plans to have this visa
atm card delivered to

I wish to assure you that with my position here as the director of
electronics and internet banking department of central  
Bank of benin republic i can accomplish this task without delay and within
3 days i will dispatch the visa atm card to  
Your address. But you have to assure me that you will pay for the delivery
of the visa atm card to your address and reward  
Me with the sum of us$250,000 as soon as you receive the visa atm card and
start making withdrawals from the visa
Atm card. I am not interested in long stories or protocols,

But to pay you with this accrued interest amount of us$8.5 million. So if
you are interested in getting this accrued  
Interest amount of us$8.5 million which i have loaded into a visa atm card,
kindly get back to me immediately with the  
Payment of delivery fee of us$98 being the ems speed post courier postage
cost to your address. Send the fee directly
To the names as below. However, i would have loved to pay this delivery fee
of us$110 but i have spent all my savings on  
The processing and uploading of the accrued interest sum into the visa atm
card and now i am left with no other money  
Hence i urge you to pay the delivery fee as it is the only fee required,

Your full information needed today as soon as possible
Full name..........
Full address:..........
Your phone number:.......
Your country:.............
Your city:.................
Your passport:..............
Your age:....................
Your sex:.....................
Your occupation:................
Your current email:...............

Please send the money to the name as follows via  money gram office.

Sender's name:........ANTHONIA NWAFIA
Address:..............benin republic
City:.................cotonou
Test question:...........when
Answer:.................now
Amount:.................us$110
Sendername:.............
Senderaddress:.........
Mtcn number:..........

Once i receive the mtcn for us$110 been the delivery fees i will pay and
have your visa atm card dispatched to you and  
Thereafter i will forward my bank account details where you will transfer
my share of us$250,000 reward. Please if you are  
Not interested in this transaction, kindly keep it to yourself and do not
contact me. Please contact me directly and with the transfer details of
us$110 postage cost for the ems speed post to enable them deliver your  
Visa atm card
To your address.
Regards,
Mr.nelson edward
Central bank of benin republic office of the director
Electronics/internet banking department
Tinubu square cotonou - benin republic

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