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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: " Chief Hon,Jeff Robert Carl" <"WW."@aqua.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: " Chief Hon,Jeff Robert Carl" <atmcardoffice@zoho.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 06:37:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Inspector General Of Fraud International










Dear Fund Beneficiary!!!,
This is to inform you that in the course of my investigation as
director of payment verification / implementation committee I came
across your name as unpaid fund beneficiary in the record of the
central bank. My committee was set up by the attorney general to
verify and scrutinize all outstanding debts owed to our foreign
beneficiaries in accordance to the information received from the
United States government And European ,Asia Empowered By United
Nations over unpaid huge debts owed to United States citizens and
European ,Asia Citizens as well and Others Countries .

Having seen your file and my further questioning to the officials of
the central bank and ministry of finance as to why your payment is
still pending reveals the rot and corruption in the system. The bank
officials told me that the reason why you haven't received payment is
due to your inability to pay for the required charges for transfer of
funds to your account. When I asked them why they didn't deduct the
said charges from your principal sum, I was given the flimsy excuse
that you never authorized them to do so. When I put the question
across to them if they ever advised you that such charges could be
deducted from your principal fund,the answer I got was no. Now, if you
do not tell this beneficiary that such charges could be deducted from
his or her principal fund, how will he or she know that such options
are available for such beneficiaries.

From my investigation I discovered that these bank officials
deliberately refused to let the charges be deducted from your
principal fund because they want your fund to remain trapped in the
bank, while they continue to extort money from beneficiaries under
some flimsy excuse. You do not need to pay any money to any official,
all you are required to do is swear to an affidavit at the high court
of Benin Republic Cotonou, authorizing the bank to deduct all charges
from your principal fund and transfer the balance of funds after
deduction to your bank account. If you have spent any money in the
past in your quest for payment, kindly let me know so that I can
follow this up.
You can reach me on my email address for directive on how you can
get the deduction done as soon as possible and get payment.

Yours sincerely,
Chief Hon,Jeff Robert Carl,
Inspector General Of Fraud International
Interpol Police Force Unit.

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