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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.Mark Morriss" <morrisschinyeliugo@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: westernunion544@rocketmail.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 23:19:43 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: GOOD DAY; CUSTOMER,




 
GOOD DAY; CUSTOMER, COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY, THIS IS TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF ORDER FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND COMMITTEE DATED 14 / 06 / 2012. IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED EXPRESS MANDATE AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM MR.PRESIDENT, DR. YAYI DANIEL BONI (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN TOGETHER WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND COMMITTEE TO COMMENCE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS THROUGH THIS MEDIUM OF WESTERN UNION TRANSFER FOR EASY CONFIRMATION AND YOU SHOULD BE INFORMED THAT THROUGH THIS MEDIUM OF WESTERN UNION TRANSFER THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BE RECEIVING $3.5Million Dollars USD ONLY PER DAY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUNDS IS COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED TO YOU HOWEVER; THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS WESTERN UNION TRANSFER WISHS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FIRST INSTALMENT PAYMENT SUM OF ($3.5Million Dollars USD) HAS BEING SENT IN YOUR ADDRESS THIS MORNING BUT THE PAYMENT HAS
PLACE ON HOLD BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FULFILLED OUR RULES AND REGULATION UNDER FORIEGIN TRANSACTION, ACCORDING TO OUR FORIEGIN TRANSACTION STRATEGY THE TRANSACTION WILL COST YOU SUM OF 105.00USD FOR THE SIGNING AND STAMPING FEE OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE, PLESAE CALL ME WITHIN THIS CELL,+229=98=92=83=61   IMMEDIATELY OK 1) STAMP FEE $55.002) SIGN FEE $50.003) TOTAL SUM OF $125USD ONLYCAN ONLY PAY AFTER RECEIVE FIRST INSTALLMENT, HAVE NO MONEY BUT NEED VERY MUCH.SO MY DEAR IN YOUR BEST INTEREST, WE HEREBY ADVISED YOU TO USE BELOWINFORMATION AND SEND THE STAMP AND SIGN FEE IMMEDIATELY THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR TRANSFER SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE FIRST $3.5Million Dollars USD FOR YOU TODAYBELOW ARE THE RECEIVER DETAILS,RECEIVER NAME / MR.Mgbechi Michael AnaekweTEXT QUESTION / HOWANSWER / LONGCOUNTRY / BENINCITY / COTONOUAMOUNT / $105.00 ONLYEmail(westernunion544@rocketmail.com)BE RE-ASSURED OF THIS WESTERN UNION TRANSFER INTEGRITY AND PERSONAL
INTEGRITY.THANKS, I AWAIT YOUR UNGENT RESPOND,REGARDSMR.Mark MorrissMANAGER FOREIGN OPERATION

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