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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: "MS. JENET DIBOR" <garantibank212@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "MS. JENET DIBOR" <jenetdibor6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 05:17:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary: MS. JENET DIBOR

Attention:
Beneficiary:

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your fund
transfer through the Western Union and through Bank, I am doing all I can to
ensure you receive your funds and I protected your funds for almost six Months
now but I assure you that you still have every opportunity to claim your entire
funds from the United State Embassy Office Benin Republic (U.S.E.B.R).

I am only trying to help you because of the way the payment was handled in the
past. Secondly, I can't sit and watch you lose your funds after have confiding
in me. As matter of fact, there are still decent and God fearing people here in
the United State Embassy Office Benin Republic which I am a good example. Since
I resume this office in the year 2014, I have helped so many foreign
Contractors/Beneficiaries worldwide in claiming their long overdue fund from
the Benin Government.

If you don't want to conclude these matter before next week just inform me
today so that I can know what next to do because I did all I could for my
government to protect your fund and your personality, and I can help you if you
help yourself.

If you can be able to come up with $107 .00 for the Clearance Paper today, I
will make sure you get your fund tomorrow morning, your fund is ready to
transfer to you as I write to you now due to my effort and I don't know why you
should be dealing with people outside my office, just do your best and these
transfer will be conducted finally. Because if the transfer is terminated there
is no way on earth you can get this fund due to the IMF will just have to
cancel your name from the payment file, its better you conclude these matter
within the given date.

Once you send the clearance fee, I assure you that you are going to confirm
your funds in your Country WITHIN 10HRS through our choosing Diplomatic Agent.
I shall try my possible best to make sure I conclude the due legal process and
will like you to Take my word because I am strongly behind you and my effort to
this does not end until you confirm the availability of your fund in your
hands.

Please do not allow any body to deceive you, and I don't want you to be tired
of these, just take life easy and see what the result will be, I insure you
that your fund will be release to you, it's not easy and I believe you have
tried as well, so make sure you conclude these by paying clearance fee or your
payment will be terminated by the High Authority and that is all I can say for
now.

Note that your consignment box has been arrived in US embassy and waiting to
receive clearance certificate before the gate pass is given. Meanwhile you are
advise to reconfirm the below information upon contacting us to avoid delivery
to the wrong person.

1, Your full name:
2, Your home address:
3, Your occupation:
4, Direct Telephone Number:
5, Your Nearest Airport....
Waiting to hear from you to enable me give you name to send the clearance fee
through Money Gram or Western Union money transfer, for immediate action on the
release of your consignment. Note that you are expected to pay only $107.00 for
clearance certificate and you are to pay it to Benin Republic as the
origination of the consignment box.

Please treat this as matter of urgency. Note that any unclaimed consignment
will be return to the Courier Company after 3 days for final diversion. So you
are advise to comply very urgent so that your consignment will be among those
that will be deliver soon as possible.

Yours In Service,
MS. JENET DIBOR.
Assistant Secretary of U.S in Benin State for African Affairs.

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