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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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Fraud email example:

From: ENERGIEPLUS PAWER <energiepluspawer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:01:42 +0100
Subject: Proposal for transfer of funds

BARRISTER JONH PHISTILO OFFICE
ADDRESS;01BP2046
COTONOU INDUSTRIAL
ELITES REPUBIC OF BENIN

Dear Sir/Madam

Attn : I am a barrister JONH PHISTILO staff attorney Ing. Michael
Jonak , a foreign entrepreneur, who worked witha multinational oil
company here in Cotonou Republic Benin . December 25, 2003, my client,
a national of your country , an oil merchant / contractor with the
federal Government of Benin , until his death a few years ago , it
died with his entire family of a wife and two children Air accident
Boeing 727Horrible . With all his family were among the victims of
December 25, 2003 , Air crash .. For Learn more about the plane crash
, you can visit the website of CNN news of the tragedy, please visit
this site:

check this web page

(Un Boeing 727 s'abîme jeudi 25 décembre 2003 dans l ...)

(fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aéroport_international_de_Cotonou)

crash Before his death, he was a bank account in the amount of 8.8
million eight million eight hundred thousand dollars (U.S. $ 8,800,000
) . according to the Benin Law , at the expiration of ten years ( yes
10 ) , if no applies to claim the funds a grace of six ( 6) months
will be given before themoney return to the property of the
Treasure of Government of Benin . I seek the consent to present you
as self next to parents at the end of my client, since you are a
foreigner like him , so that the proceeds of this account can be paid
, so that the fruits of labor of the man does not in the hands of some
corrupt officials who will later use the money to finance the war in
Africa and kill
innocent citizens in the search for political power . You can give me
a call for
more explanations and details.

Barrister JONH PHISTILO

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