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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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Fraud email example:

From: From- The Clark Ofiice <editor@sinopanel.com>
Reply-To: <ministry.financer.benin@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 23:50:07 -0800
Subject: THE TRUTH OF YOUR FUNDS

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
ministry #797 cotonou
Telephone:+229 65553595


Attention.,Please



In accordance to my religious persuasion, I felt expedient to write and inform you on the wicked conspiracy hatched by the duo of some MONEY GRAMD corrupt staffs of the Ministry of justice and lawyer /attorney with numerous fake names to divert your money to their designated account in cayman Island. From my position as a minister of finance, I discovered that they moved the fund from Africa to London, UK and then moved it last week into money gram. Today I found out through the Central computer database that they are about to re-route back your fund to a financial institution after they collected almost $5000 from you. With this, I felt that it is important for me to alert you on this development.

They are still using your name and contract/inheritance identification number as the beneficiary but they have changed the account co-ordinate and this is the reason they are frustrating you by asking for endless fees in other to buy time pending on when they will transfer your funds to their designated account in Cayman Islands.

I have the reference number of the transaction and also I have the number of the official who is directly in charge at the uba clearing office in Atlanta. Your payment is supposed to go through the uba control financial clearing house before final USA . All the data about your claim profile are within my reach. I do not need gratification from you either in cash or kind. I can never be a part of evil.

I have supplied the uba clearing house /Atm card agent to upload your monies into ATM CARD and send to you , I have instructed him to establish contact with you to inform you that your money is on the atm card not unborn money gram or diplomat box consignment e.t.c, so if he had reached you please comply with him because I had supplied him the reference number of the transaction.

If he did not contact you within 10 minutes then write me back or you send him a sma through his telephone number +1 (646)687-4677 his name is David Torch

I have passed this information to the USA Department of treasury to monitor the transaction and to protect your funds against the scams that too your $5000 within this days.


FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Management.

Mr.Emmanuel Saossau
Minister Finance.
CC: USA DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

THE TRUTH OF YOUR FUNDS

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