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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: federal ministry of finance <info@yalta.villas>
Reply-To: rj4722580@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:18:00 +0300
Subject: Good day sir/ Madam :



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NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is
because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service
Provider, we (FMOF) urge you to treat it genuinely.

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX SENATE
HOUSE - UPPER CHAMBERS WUSE DISTRICT, COTONOU BENIN

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

GOOD DAY BENEFICIARY .

I have to inform you again, that we are not playing over this, I
know my reasons for the continuous sending of this notification to you,
the fact is that you can't seem to trust any one again over this payment
and we have now reduced the transfer processing fee of $250 to $100, I
want you to trust me, I cannot scam you for $100, it is for bank
processing of your payment, the fees is $250 but it has been reduced to
$100 so that you can be able to send it today, $100 is clearly written
to you before, and the good part of this is that you will never, ever be
disturbed again over any kind of payment, this is final, and the forms
from there becomes effective once we submit your payment application
processing fee and pay the form fee of $100 I don't want you to loose
this fund this time, because you may never get another such good
opportunity.

The federal government is keen and very determined to pay your
overdue debts, this is not a fluke, I would not want you to loose this
fund out of ignorance, I will send you all the documents as soon as bank
payment processing fee is paid, you have to trust me, you will get your
fund, find a way to get $100 USD and you will not loose it, instead it
will bring your financial breakthrough, find the money and send it to
our bursary.

The reason why am sending you this because I want you to receive your
$95 700 000 MILLION USD ONLY immediately we are trying to round up for
this payment program. The processing charges which was initially on the
high price has been cut down by the payout bank considering the poor
economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class citizens
to meet up with the processing charges of their entitlement. Upon the
confirmation of your processing charges you will get your $95 700 000
MILLION USD ONLY into your account within 15 hrs.

Here is the payment information through western union money transfer
or money gram money transfer finally my advice to you is not to abandon
this transaction because of the requirement of ($100)

Account Officer Info: Send the fee through Money Gram Or
Western Union only.


RECEIVER'S FIRST NAME: DUKA GEORGE
CITY:::::::::::::: COTONOU
COUNTRY: :::::::: BENIN REPUBLIC
AMOUNT REQUIRED: ::::::: $100.00
SENDER'S NAME:::::
MTCN NUMBER#:
SENDER'S ADDRESS:

As soon as the payment is received today, you will receive your $2.5M
the same
today without any delay.
Best Regards
MISS GINIKA JOHNSON
PHONE: + 229-6379-5420

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