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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: BANK OF AFRICA <test@naxcivanbank.az>
Reply-To: bkofafrica@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 01:34:51 +0400
Subject: CONTACT BANK OF AFRICA FOR YOUR TRANSACTION


CONTACT BANK OF AFRICA FOR YOUR TRANSACTION. Good Day Dear Beneficiary, 
 
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE (FMF) FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE BENIN, 
 
This is to bring to your notice that after the meeting held by the
board ministry of trustee together with the federal ministry of
finance Benin republic, your fund $3.7millon has been approved due to
the instruction from the president of the federal republic of Benin
has give the mandate to release all the pending compensation wining
award fund that has not been released so far in which you are among of
the beneficiary.
 
The compensation wining award fund was awarded earlier January 15th
2016, we discovered that you have been having hard time in the system
of receiving the fund but still no luck yet, we also understood that
you have made so much down payment to this country Benin republic but
you were dealing with the wrong people.
 
Today dated 22/09/2016 ,your fund $3.7million is now under the
custody of the BANK OF AFRICA Benin republic because we want them to
handle everything financially this time in other to make sure that
nobody loose his fund and no wrong payment is made, note that we don’t
want what happened in the time past to repeat again and that is why we
are taking charge of everything concerning your compensation fund.
 
I want you to contact BANK OF AFRICA director for your transfer his
name is Mr. Abdekabir Bennani, Contact Personal director Mr. Abdekabir
Bennani. email (bkofafrica@outlook.com) phone no..+229 99221908.
 
 Reconfirmed your full information as the following below.
 
Your Full Name:............................
Your Home Address:..........................
Your Country/ City: .............................
Your Age:....................................
Your Sex:........................................
Your Direct Phone Number:..........................
Your ID copy:............................
 
Your fund amount deposited in BANK OF AFRICA is Three Million Seven
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars, Remember to indicate the
registration code of EB8053 to the BANK OF AFRICA when emailing them.
 
Remain Bless
Yours Sincerely
Mrs. David Mochas

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