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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: Mr Ken Allen <mannobegood12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: official.files@yandex.com
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 06:43:38 -0700
Subject: GREETING TO YOU.

GREETING TO YOU.

THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU THAT GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC HAS
APPROVE DHL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY TO DELIVER YOUR FULL COMPENSATION
FUND OF $15.5 MILLION USD THROUGH ATM CARD.

THE ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN MADE SO YOU ARE TO FELL FREE IN CONTACTING
DHL COMPANY WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION TO AVOID WRONG DELIVERY OF
YOUR ATM CARD.

AND IN ORDER TO DELIVER YOUR COMPENSATION FUND OF $15.5 MILLION USD
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.CONTACT PERSON ,DIRECTOR THOMAS A.SOSSA
,TELEPHONE +229 -61-88-43-47

1. YOUR FULL NAME .... ................
2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER ... .......
3. YOUR COUNTRY .... ..................
4. YOUR OCCUPATION ... .................
5.YOUR HOME ADDRESS………………………..
REGARD ;MR.KEN ALLEN
EMAIL ADDRESS(OFFICIAL.FILES@YANDEX.COM)

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