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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: FEDERAL HIGH COURT <austinoka700@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF ECOWAS,COTONOU,BENIN
OB/OP/1234 PLOT , VICTORIA ISLAND COTONOU,BENIN.
OUR REF.CODE:BSEL/773/AWN/021/17

Attn: ,

PLEASE MY DEAR WE THE ENTIRE FEDERAL HIGH COURT ECOWAS OF COTONOU,
BENIN ARE HERE TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU THAT THERE WAS A CASE THAT WE
BEING HANDLING HERE SINCE LAST YEAR 2021 CONCERNING YOUR FUND
$13.9MILLION US DOLLARS, BECAUSE WE GOT SOME REPORTS THAT YOU HAVE NOT
RECEIVED YOUR FUND $13.9 MILLION US DOLLARS SINCE AFTER EVERY STORIES
YOU HAVE BEING HEARING REGARDING THE FUND AND ALL TYPES OF PAYMENTS
YOU HAVE PAID TO RECEIVE THE FUND BUT NONE IS RECEIVED BY YOU.

THEN,WE ARE HERE TO KNOW THE TRUTH BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT IS IN
CHARGE OF THE TRANSACTION SAID IN THIS COURT HERE THAT YOU HAVE
RECEIVED IT AND CONFIRMED TO HIM THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR FUND AND
WE ARE HERE TO HEAR THE TRUTH FROM YOU.

HOWEVER,HERE BELOW IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO ANSWER TO US TO ENABLE US TO
HANDLE THIS CASE NORMAL.

(1)DO YOU RECEIVE ANY MONEY FROM THIS AFRICA............
(2)IF YOU DO RECEIVE MONEY FROM HIM, HOW MUCH.................
(3)FROM WHICH BANK OR COURIER DO YOU RECEIVED THE MONEY FROM...............
(4) OR IS IT VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER...................... ..

FINALLY,WE ADVISE YOU TO GO DIRECT TO THIS QUESTIONS AND ANSWER US
BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THE TRUTH AND AT THIS TIME IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE
YOUR FUND, YOU WILL RECEIVE IT ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION OF THIS
FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF THIS COUNTRY BENIN BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING MANY MESSAGES FROM YOUR GOVERNMENT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS AND PERSONALITIES ARE SCAMMING PEOPLE OF YOUR COUNTRY AND
ALL THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HANDLE AT ONCE AND WE NEED YOUR
URGENT REPLY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TRUTH IMMEDIATELY ELIMINATE THOSE
MESSES OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.

THANK YOU.

HON.JUSTICE MARIUS GBANGLO,
From FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF BENIN,
COTONOU,BENIN DIVISION.
MY ADDRESS: ZONE DES AMBASSADES RUE 1089, 02 BP 4895, COTONOU

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