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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: JOHN BRENNAN <"www."@vega.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: JOHN BRENNAN <johnbrennan1700@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 00:41:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM (CIA) OFFICE

FROM (CIA) OFFICE

Am mr John Brenna the (CIA)director,we have seriously investigated and monitored

all the transactions taking place in the office of the (IMF)and(MONEYGRAM)both in

here in America and in Benin Republic.
And we find out that people have pay so much money here in Benin Republic all in

the name of getting your long awaited fund that suppose to be deliver to you by

making an activation fee.
That,ll enable moneygram to reconfirm the fund and redeposited it back in their

name so that they can easily pick it up without any delay,interruption or too many

questions in receiving their money.
I know you maybe asking how was this money becomes yours,but if it is not your

money it could not have been deposited in for you,you can still ask why is it not

deposited in your name since it is yours.
But the (IMF)and(MONEYGRAM)officials make me to understand that if they call you

by name and tell you about the money,some people will come,it may not be theirs

but because they bear the same name they will try to pick another persons money

because of the name they will try to claim what is not theirs.
That,s why your need to reconfirm your information as you get this massage what we

need is:
your first name
And last name your home address
And your state
Also your country code
Then your phone number.
Then you send it with the requested fee demanded for the reconfirmation and

activation after that you we will give you the formation code that will help you pick

up your fund in any moneygram office near you.
Why the (CIA)now take over this is because a lot of Americans have paid thousands

of dollars to get their fund in West Africa but it didn,t come to them some already

issued lawsuit but it didn,t work
Now we are here in Benin Republic to figure this out okay Americans do not take law

for granted,we are not Africans as they are poor in law making we are not.
All we need is the details that you use to pay those scammers,so that we will work

with the Government of Benin to track them and arrest them so that law will now

take place okay,
while working on that we will also put it to the(IMF)to start depositing into

MONEYGRAM the money of people that they kept nu-hold so that they will get their

money,
So now we will give you the the account you will use to make the activation fee,but

you have to stop all contact and any transaction you have ongoing over this issue

of funds delivery from Benin for now okay,
The CIA agent that will be receiving this fee is in the Government house of Benin,

make your fees to him and also send the details of any transaction you have made

in the pass to him as well,but if you never pay to anybody before also make your

activation fee so that you will receive your fund,we have (two million,three

thousand,seven hundred and ten) peoples here in our list and each person has a

fund of (hundred and fifty thousand dollars)so if any body tells you have about 3.5OR

8.5million like we discovered from people that have already emailed us, that's a big

lie don,t believe them okay.

Here is the grad line on how you will make your payment
RECEIVERS NAME ...... peter udoka
CITY: cotonou
COUNTRY:Benin
SENDERS NAME:..........
MTCN NUMBER:............
AMOUNT:$500 USD

This funds we are talking about is an agreement between the Africans and the White

men that governed them in the past they have a written note that Africans will be

paying their children because of the oil transaction business made in the past

years,so for you to get this massage that means your great ground fathers have

access to this oil percentage,and because they delayed It that why it gets to that

big amount and they promise to be paying it 15,000$ daily till it is up.THANKS FOR

UNDERSTANDING GOD BLESS AMERICANS.

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