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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: Dr Michael David <imf_unit@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Dr Michael David <michaeldavids_michael01@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:25:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention: My Dear


 SEND MONEY WORLDWIDE:
Address Rue du Commandant DECOEUR,
Avenue du Gouverneur Général Ponty,Cotonou
Benin Republic B.P. 01 -2700Money Gram/
OUR WEB SITE/ http://www.moneygram.com


Attention:

Write to acknowledge the receipt of your mail regarding your funds deposited with our office here for immediate transfer to your name via our service Money Gram Money Transfer Department Cotonou, Benin Republic.

Regarding the transfer, We are hereby inform you that before the full information will be release for you to pick up the $7,000 daily, Your payment file which was deposited with our bank, must be Activate with the sum of $97.00 us dollars to enable us programmed your name with the information's which you will use to pick up the $7,000 daily.

It is very important that you make the fee available to this office immediately for the Activate of your payment file, so that the full information will be release for you to enable you pick up the $7,000.00USD immediately from any Money Gram office in your country.

The amount of your payment which you are going to confirm is the sum of $3.9million US Dollars as soon as you settle the required fee for the Activate of your payment file. We assure you that once we receive the required fee today, we will give you the full information which you will use to pick up the payment within next 45 Minutes to the nearest Money Gram in your city as you want and nothing will hold it any more.

Note: the reason why we need you to send us the Activate of your payment file is that we have tried to deduct the fee out from your funds but the minister administrator trust fund of Benin Republic told us that no one has access over your fund as it has been signed and stamped that no money should be deducted until it gets to the beneficiary to avoid any misunderstanding, because if any one has access to do that it will involve many peoples loosing their funds. therefore you should process right now and send the fee with the information listened below.

Send the money through Money Gram transfer to the below information's:

Receiver's Name:.Mark Ezeh
Country:............Benin Republic
City:......................Cotonou
Test question:......How long?
Answer: ..............Today
Amount:............$97.00 (only)
Sender's Name:..................
Reference:.............................................................

Waiting to receive the payment information today in order to release your daily transfer immediately without further delay.

Yours in service
Mr. Michael David
Office +229-99750972
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER
MONEY GRAM OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC.

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