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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,George Petropoulos," <test@bayanaresort.com>
Reply-To: georgepetropoulos126@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 16:20:20 -0700
Subject: Good News

Good News From Mr. George Petropoulos,

Hello,

I am Mr. George Petropoulos,Am a single father of two, am an Australian citizen, I reside here in Victoria. My residential address is as follows: 10 Burwah Avenue Brighton East Victoria 3187, Australia. am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Cotonou, Benin Republic many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over US$72,000 while in the Australia, trying to get my payment all to no avail. So I decided to travel down to Cotonou, Benin Republic with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Reverend Father Robert Laird, a USA citizen who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. he said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake nd nothing but scammers.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest man on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $3.5 Million US Dollars Moreover, Reverend Father Robert Laird, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Reverend Father Robert Laird.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE

Name : Reverend Father Robert Laird

Email : lairdrobert161@yahoo.com

Direct Telephone: +229-6176-7924


You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing the same way they did to me. The only money I paid after I met Reverend Father Robert Laird was just US$300 for the paper works, take note of that. As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information which you are to use in sending the payment to him in order for him to obtain the documents from the court of law there in Benin Republic so that your fund can be transfer to you without any delay just the way mine was being transfered to me.

Send him the following details if you know you are ready to have your FUNDS so that as soon as he receive your information he will send to you the payment details for sending him the $300 USD that is needed for him to get the documents that is needed to make the transfer a successful one and that is that only payment i made to Reverend Father Robert Laird and he helped me in the transferring of my FUNDS and i must say that you have to contact him so that he will help you the same way he helped me to Get my FUNDS without any further payment.

Fill out the information to him if you are ready to get your FUNDS

Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Occupation:.....................
Gender:.........
Age:..............

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Reverend Father Robert Laird so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mr. George Petropoulos.
10 Burwah Avenue Brighton East
Victoria 3187, Australia.

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