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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR ROBERT WHITE " <mur-n.rc@athena.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: larryredmond11@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 16:15:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Greetings to you,



I am John O. Brennan Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

I will be very grateful if you can bring out your time to read this
message and honor it. I have not contacted you to tell you stories but
i have contacted you to enlighten you about what is going on globally
not only in Africa as many US citizens believed. Corruption is a
general disease which inflect only the mind of the greedy ones in a
society. This leads many people into different kinds of behaviors.
Since day one of my service, as the Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency and before the position. I have witness a lot of
cases and finally a solution was provided not by my power alone but by
the grace of God and wisdom applied. I was totally disappointed when
i came across your case file and the way it was handled. I went deeply
to investigate to know the reason the said fund is not yet delivered
to you after all you have spent to the both countries fund monetary
agency( BENIN GOVERNMENT) & ( USA GOVERNMENT). And it was a very
common reason which is hardly for you to figure out quick, but it
takes the grace of God and experienced one to notice. The reason you
couldn't find out is because you gave all trust and believe that as
long as you send them the money they will do exactly as instructed.
Before i commence, i want to ask you some question and these question
will answer the reason why your fund has not be delivered to you
despite all your effort and fund invested.

MY QUESTIONS ARE;

1) As the soul beneficiary to this said fund, do you have any original
document in your hand? I don't mean scan copies of document that might
have been sent to you via email?.

2) Did you go in person or send a representative to the fund origin
country to sign those papers on your behalf?

3) The person who might have been representing you over there, has he
one day sent you the original hard-copies of the document you have
been paying for through DHL, UPS OR FED EX Courier company apart from
scan copies on email? This are the major reason why your fund has not
been released.

The only thing that gave me joy during my investigation and research
is that your fund are real. It was confirmed to me from the fund
origin government official today. And the West Africa ECOWAS court
chairman has order that we sent a representative on your behalf who
will sign and clear your fund and get all the original document
successfully to you.

I John O. Brennan Director of the Central Intelligence Agency vowed to
make sure that i put an end to the cheating. And ensure that your fund
is delivered to your home without anymore delay or stress by sending
CIA SPECIAL AGENT to West Africa. His mission going down there is to
get all the documents and ensure that your fund is released to you
with immediate effect. But we can not make any move without your
awareness and permission. Therefore, we seek permission from you to
enable us achieve the mission.

Thank you and God bless you. More information on the subject matter
will be detailed after hearing from you.

Best Regards,
Mr. John O. Brennan
Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency

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