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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. Anderson Rose " <"WWW."@viola.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Anderson Rose " <money.transfer@dr.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 20:09:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: BE INFORM THAT MR MARK AMBROS TOLD US THAT YOU ARE DEAD.

WELCOME TO OUR MONEYGRAM
From the desk of
Mr. Anderson Rose

We here by today effect this payment from from Central Bank of Benin Republic, afterward we discover that this payment is not on your name, therefore you are going to communicate with us your sender to change the transmission to enable us channel your fund to any money gram branches for pickup.

reconfirm below information

Full Name
Tell Phone
Country
City
Address
age
copy of ID

Use this link to track it online for your confirmation.

https://secure.moneygram.com/track

Your payment is available.
1) Receivers Name: Mark Ambros
2) MTCN Number: 94575379
3)Amount: 5,000.00 USD

Below is our money gram information to contact immediately, get back to us for more details?


sender with below info.
Mr. Anderson Rose
money.transfer@dr.com

Thanks.

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