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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: "money gram" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moneygram468@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:44:57 +0100
Subject: Re: MONEY GRAM

Attention:

This is to confirm the receipt of your email application for the release of your USD3.2 Million through this office Money Gram Service mode of payment at counter as directed and we have since commenced the relevant programming and the documentations of the said fund, as we are instructed to make the first payment Reference available the next day upon the receipt of the application from the beneficiary which is you.It is our pleasure to inform you that the Benin Financial Intelligence Unit, (BFIU) after their careful verifications on your payment has granted us their approvals and Clearance in your favor to release your payment of USD3.2 Million US DOLLARS, (Three Million Two Hundred

Thousand United States Dollars only). And we equally wish to inform you that we have also finalized our indoor formalities regarding the transfer of your outstanding fund to the address you provided. Due some financial regulations under the Money Gram Chartered Act of 1999 Benin Republic, the limits that can be send out from here to an individual in a foreign country is USD7,450.00 per transfer. With the above development we have scheduled that your payment will come in a manner of one reference numbers which is USD7,450.00 daily with Sunday as an exception unless where is stated otherwise. Bases on the instructions given to us to start the processing and programming of the first payment upon the receipt of application request from you for the release of your first payment, we have signed and endorsed the release of your first USD7,450.00, but please be inform that before we can release the Reference numbers to you, you have to fulfill our obligation by providing the sum of 90usd dollars only to secure the I

These are the basic Legal Transfer Documents that are required to facilitate the transfer of these Funds to you and has to be signed originally, The IRS form will cost 90USD.00 and the cost of this is the primary concern of the beneficiary. We want to make it clear to you that our policy does not charge you for any upfront payment before releasing your transfer Reference Numbers but due to inactive of your transfer file the system cannot keep record of your transfer proceedings for transparency as demanded by the Central Bank of Benin to help checkmate the present economics crisis of world over today, and unless the file is renew the fund cannot be release to you,so understand why you are being charged, without renewing your paymentfile you can not be able to pick up your first payment.The cost for securing (IRS) of your transfer proceedings is 90 USD and once that is being obtained we shall update and validating unit your transfer file will be build and the system will program your first transfer Reference

Remittance Form and also be rest assure that once we obtain the said document, you will start receiving your first payment of USD7,450.00 only and the rest of the payment.Note this: if there is any mistake to your Name and address you provided, please correct it now before the programming will start. Use Below information to send the 90 usdollars only for your first

Reference Numbers of USD 7,450.00 usd dollars only to be release Immediately send it through Money Gram:

Receivers Name:Ralph Emekam

Country: Benin Republic

City:PORTO-NOVO

Test question: Good

Test Answer:Time

Amount:90usd

MTCN...

Reference Numbers....

Please send the fee through Money Gram office around you and get back to us with transfer slip in other to proceed on your transfer.Feel free to call Postal code for more clarifications. Your rapid+229-99080980

response is highly needed.

Thanks and my regards.

Mr:John White

E-MAIL:moneygram468@gmail.com

MONEY GRAM INTERNATIONAL

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