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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: Rev Frank Joseph <"www."@lime.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Rev Frank Joseph <rv.frank001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:18:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good day my dear friend,

Good day my dear friend,
I am Rev Frank Joseph the chairman compensation affairs Benin Republic,my friend i write on behalf of the federal government and the newly elected president of Benin_Republic (Mr Patrice Talon) to plead with you all that have been involved in this scam going on in west Africa especially in our own country Benin_Republic,where ungodly human beings use the name of the federal government agencies to scam money out of innocent people in the name of fund,so the newly elected president of this country and the government at large are here to apologize to you all by donating a sum of $820.000.00usd (eight hundred and twenty thousand usd) to each and every one of you.and this fund is to be transferred to you via money gram money transfer,And is also up to you to make your choice of how you want to receive your fund
The only thing required from you is your full personal details like
YOUR FULL NAME............
COUNTRY..........
CITY........
HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS.......
AGE............
CELL........
SEX.........
OCCUPATION..........
And note that the transfer of your fund has been programmed that you will be receiving a minimum of $10,000.00usd daily until the whole fund is totally transferred to you.if you choose the money gram transfer,
Remain blessed
Rev Frank Joseph
cell phone number:+22995025297

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