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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: JIMMY ANDERSON <"www."@eos.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: JIMMY ANDERSON <jimmyanderson931@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:15:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Central Bank of the Benin (CBB)

Central Bank of the Benin (CBB)
Office Location: 1-2 Ecowas Avenue
Banjul, Benin.
Dear Client,

Re: Payment resolved

Amount: US$5billion

In close consultation with the World Bank and Economic Community Of
West African States (ECOWAS), this is to notify you of your enlistment
as a beneficiary of a recent Debt Management and Settlement Forum
organized on the status of global arrangement to have your beneficiary
fund settled once and for all. Of course, In the hope that you must
have been aware of the past financial leakages in the Economic
Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) foreign donation payment
system, and frustrations associated there from in your last attempt to
claim the fund, wherein fund beneficiaries (like your self) was
subjected to unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming
funds due them.

The World Body, having solicited and received the cooperation of
République du Bénin Presidency, in harmonizing the sequence of
payments, have discovered from records of outstanding foreign donation
fund beneficiaries due them that your name and payment has been with
held and remain unpaid as a result of such bottleneck.
On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you that
your payment which your name is the list of lottery winners,
inheritance and donation which their payment was originated from
Africa.

We have started process for the releasing of your fund. Do fill this
form and return it back immediately for the process of your fund
through Bank cheque. And deliver to you in your doorstep for deposit
to your bank for payment, this will cost you $63.00 USD only and you
will claim your fund with out any further charges.Kindly View attached
message my Identification and keep safe.

You are advice you send the $63.00 through western union or money gram
and forward the payment information such as the mtcn number and
senders names together with your details.
INFORMATION; to send the $63.00 today,

SEND THE FEE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

RECEIVER’S NAME:............Cole Ibu


COUNTRY:........... BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY:.................COTONOU

AMOUNT:..........$63.00

QUESTION:........TRUST

ANSWER:.............GOD

MTCN:........
SENDER's NAME:.............

SENDER'S ADDRESS:......

Please complete and send back to us with a copy of beneficiary's
identification(Drivers License or State Identification) and be inform
that for you to before this fund will

First Name:………..
Last Name:………..
Address:..…………..
City:.....................
State:...................
Zip Code..............
Home Tel:............
Fax:……………………
Cell......................
E-mail..................
Occupation.........
Date of Birth.......
Your immediate compliance will be in your very best interest.
THANKS,
BARRISTER JIMMY ANDERSON.
Mail id ::(jimmyanderson931@gmail.com )

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