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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: MONEY GRAM TRANSFER <office------of2@att.net>
Reply-To: info.moneygramoffice01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 04:33:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATIONS


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Office of the money
gram transfer.Cotonou benin republic/address 455
agbokou,
ankpa roadopposite tunde motors
cotonou office benin republic   tel +229-91254785 .TEL
+229-91547854 . Adresse :rue dugouverneur bayol;boite postale :bp 1280 -
cotonon.



Date: 07/03/
2011
 
Attention:Beneficiary,
                          

(Fraudsters) are accessing our e-mail account and yours trying
to steal from both of us, so we have concluded to effect your payments through Money
Gram Office. They will be sending $5,000. to you daily until your
$850.000.00 is completely transferred to you accordingly. You can only pay to them $125 so as to enable
the purchasing of your inheritance file to prevent
illegal transfer of your funds or any form of
hindrance in receiving your funds.
 
We shall obtain the Tax clearance certificates and finalize the process of your daily
transfer and then authorize the appointed
Money Gram Office to effect your payments by tomorrow as soon as you send the
fee to them.

Please fill in the transfer form
attached to you and forward to them which will enable on the transfer.


 

Here is
there contact address.
Agent incharge
Mr Anthony 
Robert.
E-mail:    info.moneygramoffice01@gmail.com

Tell:
(+229)91254785
 
Below is
the information which you use to send the required
fee through Money Gram any of the office that is close to you.
 
 The Payment instructions.
Receiver
Name..................................John C.
Ifeanyi

Country.............................................Benin
Republic
City........................................Cotonou
Text
Question........................Honest
Answer............................Trust
Amount.........................................$125,00 USD
 
Then after you have send the fee to this information, you should send the payment informations to them together
with the transfer form giving to you. Immediately
they purchase your payment files, you will start
receiving your payments daily as stated above.
 
Here
are details of your first payment of $5.000 USD made on your behalf but it has no receiver's name yet until
you remit the $125 USD required to them before they
can purchase the inheritance files with your name and
put your name as the receiver.

Sender's First Name:Chidi

Sender's Last
Name:Nwakacha
Amount: $5,000   USD
Reffrence#:
5274-1453

Note that within 48hrs if you do
not remit the required $125 USD the transfer will be
retrieve back and remember that the money details
given to you does not bear your name as the receiver yet until you make the payment of the $125
USD.
 
Yours in
service We are waiting for your urgent respond immediately and be  rest assured
of our honest service of releasing your full funds($850.000.00)  in our system
once this instructions is abid.
 
Thanks for your kind attention.
 
Best
Regards.
 Mr Anthony 
Robert.
FORIGN OPERATION
MANAGER  OFFICE  BENIN



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