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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: MISS MARY BROWN <moneygramofficebenin66@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 12:41:24 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY



--
Attention My Dear

This is to inform you that the united nation office was instructed to
transfer your fund $986,000.00 U.S Dollars compensating all the SCAM
VICTIMS and your email was found as one of the VICTIMS. by America
security leading team and America representative officers so between
today 20th Of March 2018 you will be receiving the sum of $4000
dollars per day. However be informed that we have already sent the
$4,000 dollars this morning to avoid cancellation of your payment,
remain the total sum of $981,000.00.

You have only six hours to call or Email this office upon the receipt
of this email the maximum amount you will be receiving per a day
starting from today's $4,000 and the Money Transfer Control Number of
today is below.

NOTE; the sent $4,000 is on hold because of the instruction from IMF
office, they asked us to place it on hold by requesting the
(ACTIVATION FEE) in order to fulfill all the necessary obligation to
avoid any hitches while sending you the payment through Money Gram
transfer office here in United States, the necessary obligation I mean
here is to obtain the (ACTIVATION FEE) which cost only amount of $100
and that is the only fee you will send before you will pick up your
first payment today and we want let you know that that the fee will be
send to the country of origin which is Benin Republic.

Below is the information of today track it in our website
https://secure.moneygram.com/transactions Joiner to see is available
to pick up by the receiver, but if we didn=E2=80=99t here from you soon we'=
ll
pickup it up from line for security reason to avoid hackers stealing
the money online.

Sender=E2=80=99s First Name: JENIFER ANN
Sender=E2=80=99s Last Name: WHALE
Test Question: A
Answer: B
Amount: $4000.00
Reference# 97889421

We need the below details from you, to enable us place the payment to
your name and transfer the fund to you.

(Full Receivers name)........................
(Your Country)...................... ...........
( Address)...................... ..................
(Phone Number)....................... ........
(Your Age).......................... .............
(OCCUPATION )....................
(A Copy Of Your ID CARD)..............

Furthermore you are advised to call us as the instruction was passed
that within 6hours without hearing from you, Count your payment
canceled. Number to call is below


Listed manager director office of release order
Thanks Mr. JAMES BEN
Text or Call +1 708 584 0811
E: Mail (money_gram@informaticos.com)

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