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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: "REV.JHNSON" <"www."@gaea.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "REV.JHNSON" <officialofficedesk2017@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 22:53:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT FILE,


DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS REV.PETER JOHNSON,I AM NEWLY APPOINTED MANAGER ATM CARD
DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL BANK BENIN REPUBLIC, I STARTED WORKING HERE THIS
JAN 2017 AS A NEW MANAGER AND NOW ABLE TO DISCOVER YOUR PAYMENT FILE
OF PREVIOUS YEARS WHICH WAS CONTROLLED BY SACKED BANKER..

ACCORDING TO YOUR PAYMENT FILE, IT IS STATED THAT AMOUNT $8.5 MILLION
BELONGS TO YOU OFFICIALLY AND YOU MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS TO RECEIVE IT
WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS THROUGH SACKED BANK OFFICER AND OTHERS . MY
COMING TO THIS BANK AS A REV THIS YEAR IS NOT AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE
GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC SENT ME TO REPORT TO THEM ABOUT ANY
MISSING OR NON TRANSFER FUNDS WHICH YOUR MONEY HAS TODAY BEEN FOUND
TOGETHER WITH OTHER FUNDS THAT IS NOT YET SENT.

FOR GOODNESS SAKE LET ME KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PUT FORWARD
TOWARDS THIS YOUR FUNDS AND ALSO HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS
SO THAT I WILL MAKE A NEW ARRANGEMENT TO RELEASE ALL YOUR MONEY TO YOU
WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE EVER MAKE ANY
PAYMENT TO SACKED BANKER OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE AFRICA BANK FOR
YOUR FUNDS LET ME KNOW IT SO THAT I WILL USE YOUR REPORT AGAINST THEM
IN THE COURT OF LAW TO ENABLE RETURNING OF YOUR FUNDS, FEE PLUS THE
INTEREST TO YOU.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU THEREFORE KINDLY CONTACT ON DIRECT
EMAIL ADDRESS : (officialofficedesk2017@gmail.com) FOR URGENT RELEASE
OF THE FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OR AN ATM VISA CARD TO YOU WITHOUT ANY
DELAY.

BEST REGARDS,

REV.PETER JOHNSON,

CENTRAL BANK ATM DEPARTMENT
NO.55A BANKOLE STREET
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC

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