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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: OFFICE FILE <oficefile47@gmail.com>
Reply-To: misterfinace@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 15:52:49 +0100
Subject: From Central Police Station ( CPS) Benin Republic,

>From Central Police Station ( CPS) Benin Republic,


Attention Dear friend,


This notification email is coming to you from office of Central Police
Station ( CPS ) West Africa and we are mailing you to inform you
that your name and your payment file was submitted to us two days ago
being wednesday by the United Nation's men.
Their purpose was because you have spent a lot of money to many fake
offices and authorities while your fund was not paid to you, so they
are now shifted the payment from Hands Of Money Gram Control to us to
make sure you receive your fund from us without any story or delaying
again.

Now we want you to reply back to this email '( misterfinace@yahoo.com
) and advise the way you wish to receive your fund so that we can be
able to pay your $2.500.000.00Usd to you.Bear it in mind from now that
you don`t have any other thing with those people slorting money from
you on the name of this payment and if you send any money to them just
consider it waste,

Now you have to reply back with your complete information, home
address and your direct telephone number and also you advise how you
want us to pay the money to you.here is the our contact information
bellow,

Contact Name ;; SIR DPO OJO OTAKAR DIKE.
Contact email address, misterfinace@yahoo.com,

You are Free to forward any email YOU RECEIVE FROM THOSE PEOPLE if you can.
Your's In Service
Mr. Iwunos Barrah,
>From Central Police Station ( CPS) Benin Republic,

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