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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. Frank T Mark" <"www."@celery.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. Frank T Mark" <drfranktmark78@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 20:00:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Esteemed Customer,

From The Desk Of Dr.Frank T Mark.
CEO/Central Bank of Benin ( CBB)
Tinubu Sqare,P.M.B.12194,Lagos Island,Cotonou
CONTRACT #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/013,
Foreign Remittance Department.
E-Mail: (drfranktmark78@outlook.com)
Tele:+229 96077447
Fax :+229 2177567

Dear Esteemed Customer,

This is to let you know that we are still waiting to hear very
urgently you response back right regarding the required fee of $179
usd now , if you are still want to claim your total fund in our
custody to avoid cancel this transaction today and we will also divert
your total funds to Federal Government Account Allocation Budget 2018
Project according to the meeting we held with Mr President And UN
Representative yesterday at house of parliamentary that who soever
that abandon his or her funds here in our office then we will divert
it to Government Account Allocation OK.

Best Regards
Dr. Frank T Mark
Executive Governor Central Bank Benin
Foreign Remittance Department.
E-Mail: (drfranktmark78@outlook.com)

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