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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: "MS.JOYCE KEITH" <"www."@vesta.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MS.JOYCE KEITH" <officefile477@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:52:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION


THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION
REPUBLIC OF BENIN WISH TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOUR NAME AND EMAIL HAS EMERGED AS ONE OF OUR ONLINE
WINNING
BONUS PROMO OF USD4,000,500,00.4.5 million usd
THEREFORE YOU ARE ADVICE
TO CONTACT THE OFFICER BELOW FOR
YOUR BONUS
AWARD CLAIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,WITH YOUR FULL DETAILS T
AVOID WRONG TRANSFER
TO WRONG PERSON.

YOUR FULL NAME..
YOUR COUNTRY.
YOUR TELEPHON/CELL NO...
YOUR ADDRESS...
YOUR AGE/SEX..
YOUR OCCUPATION..


CONTACT PERSON: John Mark
TELEPHONE: +22999080251
EMAIL ADDRESS:(officefile477@gmail.com)

REGARDS
MS.JOYCE KEITH
ANNOUNCEMENT OFFiCER

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