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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: "Mrs. Lisa B Johnson" <asimdabire@voila.fr>
Reply-To: daticagent12@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:08:53 +0530 (IST)
Subject: From Mrs. Lisa B Johnson


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Good afternoon ,we have a meeting with the house (Federal
government of Benin) we informed them that your fund should not cost you any
thing because is your
money (Your Crad). Moreover, we have an agreement with
them that you should pay only delivering of your card which is $69.00 U.S.
DOLLARS by FedEx Delivering
Company.

However, you have only two working days to send this $69..00
U.S. DOLLARS for the delivering of your card, if we don’t hear from you with the
payment information;
the Federal Government will cancel the
card.

I want you to read below notice carefully, as the notice stand
as caution before it is late. for your consideration, you must be conscious of
this project,

as I will soon conclude this transaction with you, incase of
any e-mails, calls you receives regarding this from any individuals claimed to
be me, or
e-mails, calls from any organization to you, such must be forwarded
at once to me immediately by e-mail.

Also, it might come to you with different proposals with
different names including my name asking you to come and claim your estate or
even funds belonging
to you or to somebody you do not know, I urge you to
ignore such e-mails or calls, while you forward it to me. I want you understand
that the most important
thing for me is your understanding and co-operation,
again without this code (555) don’t get back to me.

Moreover, first batch of your card which contains 1,000.000.00
MILLION U.S. DOLLARS  has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the
card. Your
 
fund which is in total 10,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS 
will come in batches of 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS  and this is the first
batch.
Your payment would be sent to you via UPS or FedEx, Because we have
signed a contract with them which should expired by June 30th. Below are few
list of
 
tracking numbers you can track from UPS website(www.ups.com) to confirm people like
you who have received their payment successfully
JOHNNY ALMANTE ==============1Z2X59394198080570
GARY METZGER
==============1Z2X59394195952759
GLEN PAPANIKAS
==============1Z2X59394198690947
CAROL R BUCZYNSKI
==============1Z2X59394197862530
KARIMA EMELIA TAYLOR
==============1Z2X59394198591527
LISA LAIRD
==============1Z2X59394196641913
POLLY SHAYKIN
==============1Z2X59394198817702
 
Moreover, this is another people that
received there payment through fedEx website (www.FEDEX.com).
RICHARD AUTRY
============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ==============
871363130860

You have to reconfirm your full information such as
follow:
Full Name: ……………………………………
Home Address or Office:
………………………
Cell Phone and Home Phone number: ……………………
 
This is the
paying information that you will use and send the 150.00 only U.S. DOLLARS
through western union money transfer.
 
Name: Mr. Sunday
Onyibor
Address: Benin Republic
Question:  Urgent
Answer:
today
SUM  $69,00 only
I wait the payment information to enable us proceed
for the delivering of your card.
 
Yours truly,
Mrs. Lisa B
Johnson
Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,
Central Bank of
Benin CBN.
Call our office with immediatley you receive this massage
+229-98252172 E-mail(unitedstateparcel_2expressbenin@w.cn)
 

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