419 scam: "Hon. Patrick Ben" <ree1960siilva@gmail.com> FBI AUTHORITY BENIN REPUBLIC

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22999592277 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. Patrick Ben" <ree1960siilva@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Hon. Patrick Ben" <nysc.2usa2@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 06:33:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FBI AUTHORITY BENIN REPUBLIC

FBI Headquarters,porto-novo branch,
J.Edge Hoover Building complex,
935 seme Avenue,benin republic D.C. 204.

ATTENTION,

This is to officially inform you that we have completed investigation
on your awarded funds and some other beneficiary. With the help of our newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that many bad offices, scamers and thiefs in africa have been collecting money from you in the name of your funds.We have arrested the leader of the scamers.
your e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting
government system, which was legally awarded to you the sum of 6.5million USD from the united states embassy in west africa benin republic. We have authorized and signed your certificate with the human right for your money to be transfered straight to your account without any more delay because you have suffered enough and we will make sure that you cash your money before next week thursday after you have paid your transfer charges.

your funds have been deposited in the bank with the IMF and FBI authority for the security and fast transfer of your money to your bank. We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to send the names of those bad offices to us because we will use it to find and arrest the them and testify against them in the court of law.
we have verified and secure your entire transaction to be Safe
and 100% risk free.

You will be required to get back to us with the following information:

FULL NAME
STATE
ZIP CODE
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER
ACCOUNT NAME
ACCOUNT NUMBER
OCCUPATION
AGE
HOME ADDRESS

The only thing that you have to do now is to pay for the transfer charges to the bank manager here in benin republic.
Try and save this code AAE3248910 because it will be requested when you want to withdraw your money in your bank account.The
Federal Bureau Investigation and human right are authorizing you to pay the transfer charge to the manager of the bank that will be transfering your money to your bank account.

FOR ANY CLARIFICATION YOU CAN EMAIL ME OR CALL WITH THIS NUMBER +22999592277.

Try and pay for the transfer charge, for the bank manager to proceed in transfering your money to your bank account.
GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WARMEST REGARDS,

INSPECTOR PATRICK BEN,
FBI DETECTIVE.

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