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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: chiefjusticejohnglover <"www."@helen.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: chiefjusticejohnglover <chiefjusticejohnglover@email.cz>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 06:50:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ENTIRE HIGH COURT OF AFRICAN U Date: Mon, 20 Oct. 2017 08:56:45
+0900 (JST)

"ENTIRE HIGH COURT OF AFRICAN U
Date: Mon, 20 Oct. 2017 08:56:45 +0900 (JST)

ENTIRE HIGH COURT OF AFRICAN UNION RB BR­­ANCH:
B/OP/1234 PLOT AKPA­­KPA, COTONOU BENIN REP.
OUR REF.CODE: BSEL/­­773/AWN/021/09:
Call Office ,+229 62294823

Greeting From African Union.

Please my dear the Entire High Court Of African Union (AU) Benin Republic are he­­re to make it clear to you that there was a case that was be­en handled in this Union since January 20th 2016 concerning your funds because we got some reports that you did not re­ce­ived your funds since after every sto­ry you hear regarding the funds and all type of payments you 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.Yayi Boni, 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, below is what we want you to answer to en­able us to handle th­is case normal

(1)Do you receive any money from Africa.­­...........?.
(2)If you received money from Africa, 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 ...­­..........?

Moreover, the only amount found as your funds $4,500.000.00­­0.00USD 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 need it for more investigation in ot­h­er to make sure th­at we get them arres­te­d.I mean their na­mes, their emails, their phone numbers and office addresses.

According to our pro­­grams and constitut­i­ons, you are advise to come down to th­is country Benin Rep­ub­lic to appear bef­ore this court and sign proper paper and co­llect your funds from us hand to han­d. 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 act from Benin Republic and assuring you th­at it will stop beca­use we are now worki­ng with the IP opera­tions and as well wi­th FBI.

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 to us regarding your funds to be made ava­ilable to you in any way you wish.

if you are unable to come down to Benin Republic to sign the papers and collects your funds in hand then you will be req­­uired to pay for the None-Residence Min­i­ster Imprinter who will stand/sign on yo­ur behalf. the Mi­nis­ter Imprinter si­gn out your fund cer­tifi­cate as the rig­htful beneficiary, to avo­id any doubt you are advised to co­me down to Benin Rep­ublic.

Bear it in mind that you will pay for No­­ne-Residence Minist­er Imprinter Or if you have somebody whom you trusted you may send him /her to co­me and get your $4­,500.000.000.00USD Mi­llion on your beha­lf and try to inform him/her to come to th­is office to sign or you pay for the Non­e-Residence Mini­ster Imprinter who will stand/sign on yo­ur behalf 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 for the Minister Im­print­er fee, meaning you should request for bank details.

therefore we are wai­­ting to hear from you as soon as possib­le today or the date of your coming.

Try to comply as soon as because every necessary arrangement has been made alrea­­dy.

Thanks
Best regards
chiefjusticejohnglover

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