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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. JAMES BEN" <BEN.@festa.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. JAMES BEN" <money_gram@informaticos.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 05:24:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTN: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!

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 April 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’t here
from you soon we'll pickup it up from line for security reason to avoid hackers
stealing the money online.

Sender’s First Name: JENIFER ANN
Sender’s 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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