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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
- "romualdwadagni2015@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: "DR. ROMUALD WADAGNI." <oofficialoffice47@gmail.com>
Reply-To: romualdwadagni2015@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:39:49 -1200
Subject: Attention beneficiaries
Please I advised that you should read this email message very
carefully and urgently get back to me immediately to avoid the wrong
transfer of your overdue inheritance unpaid fund worth of $7.8 Million
USD presently at our custody. Based on the meeting held yesterday with
the United Nations Official, US Embassy Republic of Benin Official and
IMF officials regarding all overdue inheritance payment File of which
your name and email ID was listed among the unpaid beneficiary, I
writing to inform you that your files appeared on our desk to pay you
a partial payment of $7.8 million US Dollars of your funds
for this First quarter of the year.
But we are having misunderstanding because a lady by name Mrs. Monica
Ohge,from United States of America called our Office on Friday stating
that she is your new next of kin that you have given her the power of
attorney to claim your unpaid Fund worth of $7.8 Million USD, she
clearly informed our Office that you have instructed her to receive
the funds on your favor that you are greatly ill which makes it
impossible for you to answer all our calls and email to you so far
that you cannot work or answer any calls due to your presently health
condition.
Executive Board of Director Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of
Benin are currently and so confused about her claim that is why the
authority instructed me to contact you for us to know if she is
telling us the truth or not to avoid transferring your unpaid fund
worth of $7.8 Million USD to unexpected person as we have no clue
about this person Mrs. Monica Ohge . She also forwarded below Bank
Account DETAILS to us for the remittance of your unpaid inheritance
Payment worth the total sum of $7.8 Million USD.
Bank Name: Navy Federal Credit Union
Account Name: Monica J. Ohge
Account Number: 8910855723
Routing Number: 101014829
After she provided this account to us, she instructed us not to bother
or disturbed ourselves by contacting you because you cannot access
your email presently due to your present health condition that we
should transfer the funds into her provided bank account directly
because she is now acting on your behalf. Kindly check this account
and name if we can go ahead and transfer the funds into her account.
We wait to hear from you soon. Don't keep us waiting for your own
good.
Best Regard's
DR. ROMUALD WADAGNI.
Honorable Minister of Finance
Federal Republic of Benin.
Email: romualdwadagni2015@outlook.com )
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