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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: Raphael Nolan <holtont@edzone.ne>
Reply-To: raphaelnolan67@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 04:15:45 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam



--
The Release of your $6.300 000 00, Million U.S Dollars (including
interest).

You have been listed by the Federal Government of Benin among the people
they are owing for this fiscal year 2019, that could not claim their
over due payment and my Bank has been mandated to pay you immediately.
After proper verification of your payment we discovered that the only
reason why you have not receive your funds since is because you have not
sign the original documents of your payment from our Federal High Court
of Benin Republic which is against our law to pay a person without
signing any Authority to Remit agreement documents and fill the form
from our Federal High Court to proof that the money you are about to
receive, is well legitimate and confirmed from Government of Benin
Republic,

and there is no way you will receive Millions of Dollars without signing
any original pepper works documents from (FHCT) Please stop blaming
Benin Government for not releasing your funds since because you are the
caused of your problem for not signing these original documents. The
people that have contacted you before do not know anything about this
your outstanding payment.

To forestall this, security for your funds was organized in the form of
your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD and this will enable
only you to have direct Control over your funds in the ATM CARD an
irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the Presidency, Federal
Republic of Benin on your Payment. However, we are happy to inform you
that based on our recommendation/instructions, your complete funds has
bee credited in your favor through ATM VISA CARD. You are therefore
advice to contact the ATM Card payment center with the following
information as stated below::

1. YOUR FULL NAME.
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION,
4. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER,
5. YOUR COUNTRY


Note: you are advice to furnish Mr. Raphael Nolan, with your correct and
valid details. Also be informed that the amount to be paid now is
($6.300,000,00 usd, Six million three hundred thousand united states
dollars only) through our Bank, Societe Generale Bank Benin


If however this Email address is not belong to you, kindly delete this
message from your mailbox, and pretend that we never contacted you,
because we shall continue our research until we get the owner of this
Email address, thanks for your understanding.

Yours Faithfully.

Mr. Raphael Nolan
Director ATM Department. Societe
Generale Bank Benin
E-mail: raphaelnolan67@outlook.com
Phone:+229-6651-7274

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