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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: Mathew Wood <joe.banana@tin.it>
Reply-To: mathewwood12447@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 05:59:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Attention dear beneficiary

Attention dear beneficiary

I want to let you know that we receive another email right now from a
young man called Mr. Thomas Earl Curry who said that you got an
accident and in point of dying and that you was in the hospital gave
him the power of attorney to contact Roy C. Die the United States
attorney for the changed of the power of attorney to inherit your fund
worth $10.7 million dollars in our custody and he said that he is ready
to pay for the VAT papers charge  of ($135) to our affiliate office in
Benin Republic, so the United States attorney acknowledged that before
the confirmation of the VAT papers charge of $135 by our affiliate
office in Benin Republic of West Africa, that we need a confirmation to
this and if we do not hear from you within a couple of 6 hours we are
going to take the action by handing him over the fund accept the VAT
papers charge of $135 in steady of transferring to your own account. So
proves for this endeavor and remember to send us your full information
to avoid wrong transfer such as:

Receiver's Name_______________
Address: ____________
Country: ________
Phone Number: _________
I.D Card:_____________

Here is our receiver info for sending this VAT charge duty of ($135)
through western union to our affiliate office in Benin Republic, so the
United States attorney that want to hand over the fund to him can
cancel it.

Receiver first name,,, Simon
Receiver last name,,,Yissegnon
Country,,,,Benin Republic
City,,,,Cotonou
Amount,,,,$135
Sender name,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Reconfirms your bank account where these $10.7million shall be wire to
you immediate after sending this VAT charge duty of ($135) through
western union to our affiliate office in  Benin Republic,

Best Regard
Contact Name:mathew wood
E-mail mathewwood12447@yahoo.com
Director of united nation authority
contact information

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