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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: "CHIEF JUDGE Barrister Dr Mike Williams" <anderssostlund@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristermikewilliams43@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:08:17 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: High Court Of Eco-was




High Court Of Eco-was

Please ,The Entire High Court Of Eco-was Benin Republic Are Here To
Make It Clear To You That There Was A Case That Was Been Handling In
This Eco-was Since November 29/2016 Concerning Your Funds Because We Got
Some Reports That You Did Not Received Your Funds Since After Every
Story You Heard Regarding The Funds And All Type Of Payments You Have Be
Paid To Receive The Funds But None Is Received By You. And We Are Hereby
To Know The Truth Because The Person That Is In Charge Of The
Transaction Said In This Court Here That You Have Received Your Funds
And Confirmed To Him That You Received Your Funds Please We Are Here To
Hear The Truth From You, Because According To The President Of This
Country Dr. Patrice Taylor, He Told Us That You Did Not Receive Your
Funds Since Last Year , He Stated That His Office Did Not Have Your Name
In File Of Those Who Received Their Funds From Benin Republic. Please
Here Bellow Is What We Want You To Answer To Enable Us To Handle This
Case Normal As The Reporter Said That It Has Been Done To You.

(1)Do You Receive Any Money From Africa. . . . . . ?.
(2)If You Received Money From Him, How Much. . . . . . .?
(3)Through Which Way, Bank Or Courier Do You Received The Money From.?
(4) Is It True That You Received Money Through Western Union . . . .?
(5) In Which Date Or Year. . . . . . . . . . . .?
(6)Which Authority Approve The File . . . . . . .?

More-Ever, The Only Amount Found As Your Funds $10.5 Million Through
Your Names, Address And Contact Mobile Details In Which We Have With Us
Here That Proved To Us You Are The Really Owner Of The Said Unclaimed
Funds.

So You Are Advice To Update This Court The Way You Wish Whether You Will
Come Down In Person To Collect Your Fund Yourself. And You Should
Re-Confirm Your Full Information To This High Court As To Proof To Us
That Really You Are The Case Client For Us To Close Check With The
Information We Have With Us Here In Monitoring Searchlight System.

A. .Your Full Name. . . . . . .
B. .Your Home Address. . . .
C. . . Telephone Number. . .
D. . Your Occupation. . . . . .
E. .Country. . . . . . . . . . . .
F. Your International Passport/Or Drivers License /Or State I.D

Also Forward The Major E-Mail They Used To Scam You Because We Needs It
For More Investigation In Other To Make Sure That We Get Him Arrested.
It Means Their Names, Their Emails, Their Phone Numbers And Office
Addresses. According To Our Programs And Constitutions, You Are Advise
To Come Down To This County Benin Republic To Appear Before This Court
And Sign Your Proper Paper And Collect Your Funds From Us Hand To Hand.

Remember, The Reason Why We Advice You To Come Down In Person To Collect
Your Fund Yourself Is Because Many Peoples Were Complaining About
Fraudsters Every Day From Benin Republic And We Are Trying To Stop This
Fraudulent From Benin And Assuring You That It Will Stop Because We Are
Now Working With The Ip Operations And As Well With FBI .And We Want You
To Keep This (F-H-C-E-B-R) Because This Will Ensure And Alert You In Any
Day You Receive From A Scam E-Mail From This Country.

And As Soon As You Comply With Your Full Contact Information Requested,
We Will Forward Everything To The Benin Presidency Office To Issue Out
Your Funds Certificate As The Rightful Beneficiary. Get Back In
Regarding Of The Fund To Be Made Available To You In Any Way You Wish
And Also Any Beneficiary Are Required To Come Down : But If he/she Is
Unable Or Refuse To Come Down He /She Required To Pay Sum Of $175 For
The None-Residence Minister Imprinter Who Will Stand/Sign On His/her
Behalf. With Sum $175,

The Minister Imprinter Sign Out Your Fund Certificate As The Rightful
Beneficiary ,So As To Avoid Any Scam And The Fee Is Just $175. So If You
Are Not Coming Down Here Bear It In Mind That You Will Pay Sum Of $175
Or If You Have Somebody Whom You Trusted You May Send Him /Her To Come
And Get Your $10.5 million On Your Behalf And Try To Inform Him/her To
Come To This Office To Sign Or You Pay $175 Because Is Mandated
According To The Instruction. Do Not Delay Because There Is No Time To
Be Wasting Any More Since Your Case Has Been Issued To Treat On This
Month.

Without Wasting Time, If You Choose To Send $175 For The Minister
Imprinter, Meaning You Should Use Below Details. Therefore We Are
Waiting To Hear From You With Payment Information Or The Date Of Your
Coming. Try To Comply As Urgent As Because Every Necessary Arrangement
Has Been Made Already.

SEND THROUGH MONEY GRAM,

RECEIVER NAME=== JINY AKAH
COUNTRY======== BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY===========COTONOU
TEST QUESTION=====TAG
AMOUNT IN TOTAL====$175
ANSWER=====PIN

EMAIL(barristermikewilliams43@gmail.com)
THANK YOU,
BEST REGARD ,
CHIEF JUDGE Barrister Dr Mike Williams

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