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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: Dr Mark Ben <"www."@tempo.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Dr Mark Ben <highcourt075@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 17:41:08 +0900 (JST)
Subject: High Court Of Eco-was

High Court Of Eco-was


Please ,The Entire High Court Of Eco-was Benin Republic Are Here To Make It

Clear To You That There Was A Case That Was Been Handling In This Eco-was

Since November 29/2016 Concerning Your Funds Because We Got Some Reports That

You Did Not Received Your Funds Since After Every Story You Heard Regarding

The Funds And All Type Of Payments You Have Be Paid To Receive The Funds But

None Is Received By You. And We Are Hereby To Know The Truth Because The

Person That Is In Charge Of The Transaction Said In This Court Here That You

Have Received Your Funds And Confirmed To Him That You Received Your Funds

Please We Are Here To Hear The Truth From You, Because According To The

President Of This Country Dr. Patrice Taylor, He Told Us That You Did Not

Receive Your Funds Since Last Year , He Stated That His Office Did Not Have

Your Name In File Of Those Who Received Their Funds From Benin Republic.

Please Here Bellow Is What We Want You To Answer To Enable Us To Handle This

Case Normal As The Reporter Said That It Has Been Done To You.

(1)Do You Receive Any Money From Africa. . . . . . ?.
(2)If You Received Money From Him, How Much. . . . . . .?
(3)Through Which Way, Bank Or Courier Do You Received The Money From.?
(4) Is It True That You Received Money Through Western Union . . . .?
(5) In Which Date Or Year. . . . . . . . . . . .?
(6)Which Authority Approve The File . . . . . . .?

More-Ever, The Only Amount Found As Your Funds $10.5 Million Through Your

Names, Address And Contact Mobile Details In Which We Have With Us Here That

Proved To Us You Are The Really Owner Of The Said Unclaimed Funds.

So You Are Advice To Update This Court The Way You Wish Whether You Will Come

Down In Person To Collect Your Fund Yourself. And You Should Re-Confirm Your

Full Information To This High Court As To Proof To Us That Really You Are The

Case Client For Us To Close Check With The Information We Have With Us Here

In Monitoring Searchlight System.

A. .Your Full Name. . . . . . .
B. .Your Home Address. . .
C. . . Telephone Number. . .
D. . Your Occupation. . . . . .
E. .Country. . . . . . . . . . . .
F. Your International Passport/Or Drivers License /Or State I.D

Also Forward The Major E-Mail They Used To Scam You Because We Needs It For

More Investigation In Other To Make Sure That We Get Him Arrested. It Means

Their Names, Their Emails, Their Phone Numbers And Office Addresses. According

To Our Programs And Constitutions, You Are Advise To Come Down To This County

Benin Republic To Appear Before This Court And Sign Your Proper Paper And

Collect Your Funds From Us Hand To Hand.

Remember, The Reason Why We Advice You To Come Down In Person To Collect Your

Fund Yourself Is Because Many Peoples Were Complaining About Fraudsters Every

Day From Benin Republic And We Are Trying To Stop This Fraudulent From Benin

And Assuring You That It Will Stop Because We Are Now Working With The Ip

Operations And As Well With FBI .And We Want You To Keep This (F-H-C-E-B-R)

Because This Will Ensure And Alert You In Any Day You Receive From A Scam E-

Mail From This Country.

And As Soon As You Comply With Your Full Contact Information Requested, We

Will Forward Everything To The Benin Presidency Office To Issue Out Your Funds

Certificate As The Rightful Beneficiary. Get Back In Regarding Of The Fund To

Be Made Available To You In Any Way You Wish And Also Any Beneficiary Are

Required To Come Down : But If he/she Is Unable Or Refuse To Come Down He /She

Required To Pay Sum Of $175 For The None-Residence Minister Imprinter Who Will

Stand/Sign On His/her Behalf. With Sum $175,

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