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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: MINISTER IDRISS <".WWW."@beige.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: eric terri <ericterri@naij.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 01:32:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: TRUTHFULNESS AND SINCERITY HUMANITARIAN COMPENSATION FUND

GOOD DAY MY DEAR BENEFICIARY,,,
Peace be unto you i am to notify you that i have retrieved your Fund and it has been converted into an ATM Card
Your ATM Card of $18.5million USD has been approved and
was deposited with DHL delivery company this
morning for registration,and we agreed up
that the delivery of Your $18.5million USD ATM Package
will take off tomorrow morning .So contact with your full
info where your ATM card will be delivered to,

(1) Full name---------
(2) Mobile Number:--------------
(3) Direct telephone number------
(4) Country of origin:--------
(5) Your Current delivery address:----
(6) Occupation_______
(7) Age______
(8) Sex-----
(9) City ------

Urgent get back to us today with your full address where
your ATM card will be delivered to because i will not be in the office
next week: The amount in your Card is $18.5million USD and your Pin code
is: (9106).
And i will kindly Notify you to please get back to me immediately so that we can proceed thanks
because i will need to know your choice of receiving the fund..

Regards

Minister Eric Terri
From The Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Du Republic
Benin republic.
call me ASAP
Tel: +22998810089

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