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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: "Barrister. Miller Winder." <"www."@basil.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Barrister. Miller Winder." <westernunion441@naij.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:16:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION: DEAR BENEFICIARY.

ATTENTION: DEAR BENEFICIARY.

The Board of federal ministry of finance Benin republic. are here to notify you of your payment
inherited funds of $5.5M.000. after the meeting held on 30th of July 2017. His Excellency the PRESIDENT
OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN DR. Patrice Talon, has Instructed this Department to send your funds
through WESTERN UNION transfer for easier receive of your inherited funds without any further delay.
to avoid paying money to the fraud stars that is going on through the global. you are required to send
your name and address were you want your fund to be send through western union the maximum amount you
will be receiving each day starting from tomorrow is the sum of $5000.00.

so i want you to contact the management in WESTERN UNION right now and ask him for your first payment. he
name (Mr.JERRY PAUL) and ask him to give you the WESTERN UNION payment information so that you can be
able to pick up your funds through WESTERN UNION without any problem.


AND CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS;
You're name....................
Phone no........................
Address/city.................. .
Age/sex....................... .
Occupation...................
A copy of your id................


Contact him now so that he provide the WESTERN UNION information to you as urgent as you can. also
do let me know immediately they have started sending your money, but try to comply with them to enable
them serve you better.

Thanks for your patronage,
Yours sincerely,
Barrister. Miller Winder.
Federal Ministry of Finance Benin Republic.

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