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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. Richard Ben" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moneyoffice@mail2richard.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:20:08 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

Dear Customer Here is the information to pick up your first payment of $5000 through

MoneyGram store close to you

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating some scam victims and your email

address was found in the scam victims list. This Money Gram®office has been mandated by the

IMF to transfer your compensation to you via Money Gram®Money Transfer.

However, we have concluded to affect your own payment through Money Gram®Money Transfer,

5000.00 pay day until the total sum of $2.5 Million United States is completely transferred

to you the receiver. We cannot be able to send the payment with your email address alone,

we are hereby needed your information to where we will be sending the funds.

Here is the information to pick up your first payment of $5000 through MoneyGram store

close to you.

Money Reference Number (REF): 691 339 72
Sender's First Name: Ezennia
Sender's Last Name: Ike
MTCN:# 691 339 72 (Track the MTCN by visiting:::::::::https:// secure.moneygram.com/track)

You Can Text or Call once you fill below Information


(Receivers name)............
(Country)..................... ..
(Address)..................... ...........
(Phone Number).....................
(Your Age).......................... ........
(ID copy)............. ..................
(Your Email Address)...................

NOTE: That your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 24hours if we
did not hear from you because this was the instruction given to us by the IMF
office here in Benin. We will start the transfer as soon as we received
your information. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this
message for any reason what so ever because the FBI is already on track of
the criminals in Africa here.


NOTE; The sent $5,000 is on hold because of the instruction from IMF office, they asked us

to place it on hold by requesting the (Clean Bill Record Certificate) in order to fulfill

all the necessary obligation to avoid any hitches while sending you the payment through

Money Gram money Transfer, the necessary obligation i mean here is to obtain the (Clean

Bill Record Certificate).

Below are the information's you will use to send sum of $55 dollars for the (Clean Bill

Record Certificate) Send it through WESTERN UNION OR Money Gram as follows

1.RECEIVER NAME: GABRIEL OKOYE
2.COUNTRY:Benin Republic
3.CITY : Cotonou,
4..TEST QUESTION:A
5.TEST ANSWER:B
MTCN:.........?
SENDER NAME.....?
Amount:$55

MTCN:....................
Sender name:.............
Sender address:.........
Sender phone number:....

NOTICE: To text or call this office for any question.

Sincerely,
Name: Mr. Richard Ben.
Manager Director for MoneyGram.
Office Tel:+22999747381 Text or Call SMS
(moneyoffice@mail2richard.com)



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