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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: "Oscar.William" <www.@bird.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Oscar.william" <oscar.william75@outlook.fr>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:17:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FUND APPROVAL

Hello.


Congratulations, This is to inform you that the approval of your Fund worth of
$2.5 Million dollar has been done from the Supreme Court of Justice you can
confirm this from the Supreme Court official web site type www.scjgov.com to
see the Approval Certificate and affidavit of Claim Certificate which was issued
in your name as the legitimate owner and beneficiary of the fund the total sum
$2.500,000.00, type www.scjgov.com

the approval of the Certificate confirm that you will not ask to pay any money
before you will receive your fund $2.5 million dollar, the only money you need
to pay is $175 dollar which will be use to stamp and sign the Approval
Documents from the supreme court of Justice registrar office. for more
information type www.scjgov.com


So what you need to do now is to send the required fee $175 through money gram
or western union with the names and address listed bellow , then get back to me
with your address and tell me how you want to receive your fund thanks, contact this
email(oscar.william75@outlook.fr)

The receivers name is JEN BANI

Country Benin Republic,

Amount to send $175 only

Mtcn-----------------

Am waiting for your reply with the payment information,

Best Regards
Oscar Williams

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