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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.Scott Forney" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mgbplc@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 16:50:01 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT OF $3.500,000.00 USD

ATTN DEAR:

WE FINALLY CONCLUDED TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT OF $3.500,000.00 USD VIA MONEY GRAM OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC THIS MORNING BASED ON THE MEETING HELD IN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE AS THE BEST AND EASIER WAY FOR YOU TO CASH YOUR FUNDS IN ANY MONEY GRAM OFFICE NEAR IN YOUR CITY, WELL BASED ON OUR AGREEMENT WITH MONEY GRAM DIRECTOR JOSEPH EZE, YOUR TRANSFER WILL START IMMEDIATELY YOU CONTACTED THEM.

CONTACT THE MONEY GRAM OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION SUCH AS FOLLOW:

YOUR NAME......
YOUR HOME ADDRESS......
YOUR COUNTY/CITY.....
YOUR AGE/SEX.....
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER......
YOUR ID COPY.....
YOUR OCCUPATION.....

MONEY GRAM OFFICE:
DIR, JOSEPH EZE
TEL: +229-98759377
E-mail: mgbplc@protonmail.com

BEST REGARDS,
Mr.Scott Forney

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