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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 Brenda Briggs <mrsesthermasego5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsbrendabriggs@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 13:41:32 -0700
Subject: Stop Contacting Those People

Dear friend,

My name is Mrs.Brenda Briggs, I reside here in Dallas Texas. My
residential address is as follows; 4826 East gate Circle, Dallas, TX
75216, USA. Am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I have
fallen for various Scams in the past and happened to be one of those
that took advantage of the Scam Victims Compensation Exercise
organized by the Nigerian Scam Victims Reconciliation Commission in
2007 but since then they refused to pay me because I was working with
the wrong office. I had paid over $4,000 while in the US, trying to
get my payment all to no avail.

Having experienced all that, I decided to travel down to Nigeria with
all my compensation documents and was advised to meet Reverend Father
Fredrick Obi who happens to be a member of the Compensation Award
Committee. On contacting him, he explained everything to me. He said
whoever is count acting us outside his office is a fake as he is the
Public Relations Officer and all such correspondence should come from
his office.

He took me to the paying Bank for the claim of my Cheque (Compensation
Payout). Right now, I am the happiest woman on earth because I have
received my $M3.500,000.00 as compensation. Before my departure, Rev.
Fr.Fredrick Obi showed me a list comprising those that were yet to
receive their own payment. He told me he has been trying to reach them
but was yet to hear from any of them. I saw your name and email
address as that of one of the Beneficiaries, this is why I decided to
email you and let you know that you must stop dealing with those
people. They are not with your Funds; they are only making money out
of you.There you can reach me through my Private Email Address:
(mrsbrendabriggs@gmail.com)


I will advise you to contact Reverend Father Fredrick Obi. You have to
contact him directly on the information shown below with your Full
Name, Home Address & Phone Number:

OPUTA RESTITUTION HOUSE
Name: REV. FR.Fredrick Obi
Email: revfredrickobi@gmail.com
Phone: +234-80 86780855

Those people (SCAMMERS) are only taking advantage of you and they will
dry you up before you know it, stop now so you don't end up losing all
you got.The only money I paid after I met Rev. Fr. Fredrick Obi was
$385 for the paper work, take note of that. Having said that, I will
advise you to contact Rev. Fr. Fredrick Obi so that he can help you
receive your own compensation fund of $M3.500,000.00 just like myself
instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around
and asking you for different kind of fees to complete your
transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mrs.Brenda Briggs,
4826 East gate Circle,
Dallas, TX 7521 United States.
Email: (mrsbrendabriggs@gmail.com)

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