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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: Steve williams <ds1012@sccoast.net>
Reply-To: Steve williams <info.wecare@email.cz>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:28:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE


Attn: Beneficiary,

We have this day of 13 of June 2018 received a payment credit
instruction from the Federal Government of U.S.A to credit your
account with your full Inheritance fund of US$15.5Million from the
U.S.A reserve account with our bank, Bank of America

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this
office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds
or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

Secondly, the only money you pay for the transfer to take place is
just $58.00 and you are giving 3hours to send the payment and please be
advise that you are to send the payment to American Embassy office in
BENIN REPUBLIC and you are to use this information to send the $58.00
and please be informed that you are not going to pay any other payment
to any body and do not be deceived by any body to send any other
payment.

be advice that you are sending the $58usd down to Benin Republic where your funds coming from. because the needed paperwork must been issue from the Country before we start your transfer.

Here is the information you will use to send the payment through Money Gram
OR/ Western Union / Ria Money Tranfer

RECEIVER’S NAME:Charles Daco
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
AMOUNT: $58.00
TEXT QUESTION:WHEN?
ANSWER: TODAY
MTCN….. ?
SENDERS NAME

Send me the MTCN once you send the payment.

Thanks for banking with Reserve Bank New York. while we looking forward to
serving you with the best of our service.
Thanks and God bless you.
Regards,

Chairman Bernanke
Yours in Service,
Larry Hetrick

A/C officer B O A Georgia Branch.
Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York.

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