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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: "Mr. Ben Frank" <"www..."@fork.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Ben Frank" <benfrank51@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:39:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear customer:


Dear customer:

This is Mr. Ben Frank from western union Head office here in
Benin Du Republic.
We presently send your first payment of $5000 this morning from our
office, so you are requested to contact us now with full information
where you want your first payment to be transfer to you without any
further Daley,

(1)Your fullname,
(2)Your country,
(3)Your city,
(4) Your Occup,
(5) Your phone number,

and also send us an email:benfrank51@yahoo.com
, call us
at+229_68073363 so we can do the normal procedure on your first $5000
payment which is activating the file to enable you pick up your money
at any western union office around you. Thanks and call me now for the
processing.Best Regards Mr David Williams Western union Head office
BENIN Du REPUBLIC

Mr. Ben Frank
number : +229_68073363
Email : benfrank51@yahoo.com

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