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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: IMF REPS BENIN <"www."@cotton.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: IMF REPS BENIN <westenuniont13@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:38:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT US NOW FOR YOUR ATM CARD

Attention:

We want to inform you that your full payment from western union department has been converted into ATM card, therefore contact Mr. Felix Moore with this email:westenuniont13@yahoo.com, or possible call this line +229 98307711.

Amount in your ATM card is $9,000.000.00. So contact him now for more info on how you will receive your ATM card.
Also the ATM card will function in any part of the world, Forward this information;

Your Full Name
Your Direct contact Telephone Number
Sex
Age
Address
City
Country
Occupation

Best Regards
From Mike Lucas(IMF REPS BENIN.)

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