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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: "U.S INTERPOL POLICE" <dgfsscbn202@gmail.com>
Reply-To: policeusinterpol@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 10:18:26 +0100
Subject: We are Incharge Of Your Funds Us$5.2 Millions


U.S.National Central Bureau Interpol Washington.
Address:Interpol Washington U.S.Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530-0001.
Email; policeusinterpol@gmail.com
Phone Number:+1-201-282-6424.

Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190
? member countries.Our role is to enable police around the world to work
together to make the world a safer place. Our high-tech infrastructure of
technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of
fighting crime in the 21st century.

Urgent Attention,

We have this morning discovered that you have been making foreign legal
transactions with Western Unions,Money Grams,Diplomatic Agents and Banks
with West African Countries (Benin, Nigeria, Ghana etc.). We went further
with the investigations and we found out that you don’t have a Money
Laundering Clearance Certificate, which is a major Federal Offense. You
have violated the World Federal Law, which constituted against smuggling of
large amounts of money and trafficking of drugs e.t.c., without having a
Money Laundering Clearance Certificate before you commenced the
transaction. You want to receive such a huge amount of money from Uba Atm
Card,or Bank to bank wire transfer and online banking in Benin Republic
which is a foreign Delivery. Meanwhile we have stopped the Delivery, not
only the ATM CARD was stopped but the total Transaction of the sum of
($5.2Million Us Dollars),furthermore, be advised that according to the
World Wide Law Enforcement Agency together with the FBI rules and
regulations, you are to obtain the document from the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) Benin Republic which is the origin of the fund in
question.

Also Note that you are to take care of the documentation to be issued to
you right away, because due to the content of the document and how
importance and secured the document is, you are to take care of the
document by sending them the sum of $150.00 US Dollars only to the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission Benin Republic for issuing of the document
right away and your payment will be release to you. That is the only way
the Economic and Financial Crime Commission Benin Republic will issue you
the document, because they are going to issue you the Authentic and
Original copy of the documents.

Note that your rights are limited; anything you SAY or DO will be used as
evidence against you in the court of Law. You have the full rights to
remain silent and obey the Law. Don’t think we don’t know you or your
address. We will get you arrested if you fail to provide the document or
pay for it to be obtained from the Benin Republic. The Arrest Warrant can
only be withdrawn once the document is obtained. There are three charges
against you, which are:

1. Smuggling a huge amount of money into your country without a Money
Laundering Clearance Certificate is a violation to Federal Law. 2.
Smuggling a huge amount of money into your country without proper
documentation is a violation 2003 Federal Constitution, otherwise, called
illegal transaction. 3.it’s a Conspiracy,a Criminal Attempt and
Disobedience to the Federal Law, which will eventually lead you to 5-year
imprisonment.

You Should Send The Money Direct To The Country Of Origin Of The Fund In
Question:

Send the $150 Via RIA Or buy GIFT CARDS;

below are the details for the payment

Receiver’s name……… Mr. MIKE TRUST
Country……….. Benin Republic
City…………. Cotonou
Question……….. When?
Answer………. Now
Amount…….. $150.00

Once you make the payment, attach and send to us the copy of the payment
slip for verification before sending it to the Economic Financial Crime
Commission(EFCC) Benin Republic.

WARNING: Failure to pay for this documentation is a confirmation that you
wanted to smuggle the funds into the country which is a federal offense and
a gross violation of the Patriot Act and legal action will be taken
immediately by arresting and detaining you and if found guilty, you will be
jailed As terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a serious
problem in our community today. The UNITED STATE INTERPOL world’s largest
international police organization will not stop at any length in tracing
you down and prosecuting any criminal who indulge in this criminal act.

Sign:
Mr Kim Jong Yang,
President International Criminal Police Organization.

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