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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.Mary Wilson" <fileoffice869@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moneygramtransfer53@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 14:52:45 +0200
Subject: Welcome to money gram transfer World wide



--
Welcome to money gram transfer World wide
There is an issue with money gram involving $800,000.00 which was called
to this office by International Monetary Fund(I.M.F)an instruction has
come directly from Mr.Jonas Akim(the senior officer in charge in
International Monetary Fund in Benin Republic)

He asked us to start sending your fund install mentally $5000 per
day.This type of transfer means you will be receiving $5000 everyday
through money gram till you receive your whole compensated fund of
$800,000.00, In further arrangement,

we have programmed the transaction with a clear calculation and decided
to inform you before the commiseration of it all.To enable us send to
right person,you are then advised to get back to us stating clearly to
reconfirm the below information:

1.Your full name
2.Your full address
3.The test question and answer you will like us to use for the transfer.
4.Your direct telephone number to call you whenever a payment is sent.

As soon as the above information are received by this office,We will
quickly send you the first installment and wait for you to receive it
and inform us as we continue

with the transaction till you receive the whole of your compensated fund
of $800,000.00.You are then to send the above requested information to
the money gram director in charge of your payments using the information
below.

Name: Dir. Frank Alex,
Email:moneygramtransfer53@outlook.com
Tel phone:+229 61318019
best regards
Mrs.Mary Wilson

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