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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: Mrs Melania Trump <"www."@galaxy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Melania Trump <mrsmelaniatrump9@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:35:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM DESK OF MRS.MELANIA TRUMP

FROM DESK OF MRS.MELANIA TRUMP

I'M MRS.MELANIA TRUMP, AND AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU ABOUT YOUR BANK CHEQUE
DRAFT BROUGHT BY THE U.S.A EMBASSY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE WASHINGTON DC WHICH CONTAINS THE SUM OF $20.000.000 MILLIONS Usd DOLLARS
CREDITED FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA.THE DELIVERY OF YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN MANDATED
TO BE POSTED TO YOUR ADDRESS ON WEDNESDAY I6THTH AUGUST 2017 TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU
GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBERS.

BEAR IN MIND THAT I HAVE TAKING MY TIME TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR FUNDS AS
INSTRUCTED BY MY HUSBAND TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECEIVED YOUR FUNDS SUCCESSFULLY
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO REDUCE THE ECONOMY AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAVE YOUR
FUNDS IN REGARD TO MY HUSBAND MR.DONALD JOHN TRUMP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE
SUM OF $350.00 ONLY BEFORE YOUR CHEQUE DRAFT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU TOMORROW.
THE REASON WHY THE FEE IS REQUIRED IS TO HAVE YOUR FUNDS CLEARANCE PAPER FROM
THE ORIGIN OF THE FUNDS TO AVOID ANY HARASSMENT FROM THE AUTHORITY AND YOU ARE
ALSO EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED AS WINNER OF THE SAID AMOUNT AS SOON
AS YOUR FUNDS IS DELIVERED TO YOU.

SO YOU ARE URGENT ADVISED TO GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR HOME ADDRESS AND ALSO THE
PAYMENT INFORMATION TODAY FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF YOUR DELIVERY. PLEASE I WILL
ADVICE YOU TO URGENT MAKE THE PAYMENT VIA MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER OR
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER TO THE ABOVE LISTED CASHIER INFORMATION AS GIVEN.
I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL TODAY WITH THE PAYMENT TO ENABLE ME
GET THE REQUIRED CLEARANCE PAPERS REQUIRED AT WHITE HOUSE TO DELIVER YOUR FUNDS.
NOTE THAT THE FEE IS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE FUNDS ORIGIN AS INSTRUCTED
AND TRY TO MAKE THE PAYMENT THROUGH MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

PLEASE FIND THE PAYMENT DATA BELLOW.

ADDRESS #68 IMF STREET COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC SEND IT VIA MONEY GRAM OR
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

RECEIVER NAME. KEN JAMES
COUNTRY BENIN
CITY COTONOU
AMOUNT . $350.00usd
MTCN,,,,?
SENDER NAME

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL WITH THE PAYMENT TODAY.

REGARD
MRS.MELANIA TRUMP (mrs._melania.trump@presidency.com)
FIRST_LADY USA
GOD BLESS AMERICA
White House (Official Residence of the President of the US)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20500 USA

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