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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: MoneyGram Transfer Head Office <officefile312@gmail.com>
Reply-To: transferheadofficemoneygram@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 01:05:31 +0300
Subject: BREAKING NEWS... ***FROM THE MONEYGRAM HEAD OFFICE***

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Dear Costumer:

This is Mrs. Judith Amechi from MoneyGram Head office here in Benin Du
Republic.

We presently send your first payment of $5000 this morning from our office,
So kindly contact us with this E-mail {transferheadofficemoneygram@gmail.com}
or call Mrs. Judith Amechi with this phone number @ 00229 98737012 and also
send the following information immediately.

1. Full Name ______
2. Country/Address ______
3. Phone/fax number ______
4. Age/Sex _______
5. Occupation ______

So we can do the normal procedure on your first $5000 payment which is
activating the file to enable you can pickup your money at any MoneyGram
office around you.

Thanks and call me now for the processing.

Best Regards
From, Mrs. Judith Amechi
MoneyGram Head office BENIN Du REPUBLIC
Direct number: +229 98737012

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