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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: "Money Gram ® Global" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jochong404@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:39:37 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT READY FOR PICK UP

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your patronage and for using Money Gram Transfer to send money, we are so happy to have a Customer like you. For using Money Gram, your details were put to the Ballot box for the ongoing 2017 Money Gram Transfer End of the Year Bonanza Draw, otherwise Promo. You have won your self $US800,000.00 Dollars, This fund will be given to you through our office Money Gram Payment Department Office, Cotonou Benin republic, Your winnings sum will be paid installment with sums of US$5,000.00 dollars which will be sent to you in every Seven Hours (7hours) until the funds is completely paid to you, we program it in this way so we can be able to conclude the transfer before going for Xmas vacation, once again this is as a result that $5,000 is the maximum limit our Money Gram payment Department can send per transaction, we are legally allowed to pay you this sum until you receive your winnings fund worth of US$800,000.00 United States dollars.

The Following is the Money Gram Reference Number for your First payment of $5,000 dollars, You can track it to confirm the status with the below link; The Money is available for pick up

https://secure.moneygram.com/track

Sender Last Name: Robinson

Reference Number: # 86333218


Note that the above info is ready for pick, But your name has not yet been activated to pick up the funds until you fulfill the necessary obligation, otherwise to enable us activate your payment file immediately you would be required to pay a small activation charge of US$120 dollars, Listen be informed that this charge cannot be deducted from your account because it's a bond payment and has been programmed till your final payment. This would be paid once and will not be requested to pay it after your transaction has been activated

Moreover you can send the activated fees of US$120 dollars to our Money Gram agent info as states below. You can either send it via Western Union or Money Gram and Upon the confirmation of the fees US$120 your programmed transaction will be activated which will enable you start receiving your winnings funds in US$5,000 installments.

The Receivers Information For The US$120 dollars is as follows:

Receivers Name:======Tunde Adewale Davis
Location:=======Lagos, Nigeria
Amount:======= $120 USD
MTCN:======== ?

Immediately we confirms the activation fees of $120.00, our Money Gram payment Department shall activate your programmed transaction to enable you receive your first installment payment of $5,000 today. Please Note: this Reference number (86333218) should be kept very safe and secret for your own security, to avoid someone else tempering with you funds. Once we confirm the fees we will give you the complete details

I earnest await to receive the activation fees

Treat Urgent

Thanks Yours' Mr Jeffrey Chong, MD
Winnings Claims Bonanza Department
Money Gram Transfer Office

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