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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. Jean Laurent Bonnafe" <wkate2579@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjeanlaurentbonnafe22@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:07:38 -0700
Subject: U.N. RELIEF FUND TEAM

Attention:


Nations (UN) European Union (EU) & International Criminal Court (ICC).
We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of
African countries which includes (Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal, cote
d'ivoire Cotonou-Burkina Faso, South Korea and China.



They are all in Government custody now; they will appear at
International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice. During the course
of investigation, they were able to recover some funds from these scam
artists and IMF organization have ordered the funds recovered to be
shared among the 100 Lucky people listed around the World as a
compensation.



This notice is been directed to you because your email address was
found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed.



You are therefore being compensated with sum of $ 1.2 Million Euros
valid into an (ATM Visa Card). Even if you are now dealing with these
non-official directors of the bank or any department always requesting
money from you, You should STOP your communication with them and
forward the details to our office so that we will help and recovered
your fund peacefully and illegally.



Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will
receive a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid
to you through ATM VISA CARD or Online banking account and deliver to
your postal address, as to enable you withdrawal maximum on each
withdrawal from any Bank ATM Machine of your choice, use online
banking to transfer the fund to your account of your choice until all
the funds are exhausted.



The package is coming from Paris France.Don’t forget to reconfirm your
following information.


1. Your Full Name:

2. Address Where You want us to Send Your ATM Card

3. Cell/Mobile Number

4. Copy of your passport


Your’s services



Mr. Jean Laurent Bonnafe

MINISTERE DES FINANCES

ET DE L’ECONOMIE (M.F.E)

PARIS FRANCE.

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