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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.FRANK HENRY" <udojiogbuevi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: FrankHenryManager@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:06:21 -0800
Subject: Web site: https://bj.usembassy.gov/

ADDRESS/ 104 AVENUE TOKPA/ AGBUKO WAY PORT-NOVO BENIN REPUBLIC
Contact Email;( FrankHenryManager@outlook.com)
( transferria290@gmail.com)
TEL: +229 62/80/85/43
DATE: 14/12/2021

Attention:Please Mr/Mrs

This is to confirm the receipt of your email application for the
release of your US$5.5Million through this office (RIA TRANSFER)
Service made of payment at counter

as directed and we have since commenced the relevant programming and
the documentations of the said fund, as we are instructed to make the
first payment MTCN available

the next day upon the receipt of the application from the beneficiary
which is you,

It is our pleasure to inform you that the Benin Financial Intelligence
Unit, (BFIU) after their careful verifications on your payment has
granted us their approvals

and Clearance in your favor to release your payment of US$5.5Million
USD (two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only).
And we equally wish to inform

you that we have also finalized our indoor formalities regarding the
transfer of your outstanding fund to the address you provided.
Due some financial regulations under the (RIA TRANSFER) Chartered Act
of 2007 Benin Republic, the limits that can be send out from here to
an individual in a foreign

country is $5000 per transfer. With the above development we have
scheduled that your payment will come in a manner of one MTCN numbers
which is $5000 daily with

Sunday as an exception unless where is stated otherwise. Bases on the
instructions given to us to start the processing and programming of
the first payment upon the

receipt of application request from you for the release of your first
payment, we have signed and endorsed the release of your first $5000,
but please be inform that

before we can release the MTCN numbers to you, you have to fulfill our
obligation by providing the sum of $158 usd to secure the
International Remittance Form (IRS)

from Federal Ministry of Finance. These are the basic Legal Transfer
Documents that are required to facilitate the transfer of these
Funds to you and has to be signed originally, The IRS form will cost
$158 and the cost of this is the primary concern of the beneficiary.
We want to make it clear to

you that our policy does not charge you for any upfront payment before
releasing your transfer MTCN Numbers but due to inactive of your
transfer file the system cannot

keep record of your transfer proceedings for transparency as demanded
by the Central Bank of Benin to help checkmate the present economics
crisis of world over today,

and unless the file is renew the fund cannot be release to you, so
understand why you are being charged, without renewing your payment
file you can not be able to pick

up your first payment.

The cost for securing (IRS) of your transfer proceedings is $158 and
once that is being obtained we shall update and validating unit your
transfer file will be build

and the system will program your first transfer MTCN of $5000 ready
for pick up at any (RIA TRANSFER) outlet closer to you. Bear in mind
that we don't have authority

over your fund yet until you present the required charge in other to
secure the International Remittance Form and also be rest assure that
once we obtain the said

document, you will start receiving your first payment of $5000 and the
rest of the payment.

Note this: if there is any mistake to your Name and address you
provided, please correct it now before the programming will start.
Use Below information to send the $158 for your first MTCN Numbers of
$5000 to be release Immediately:

Receivers: FRANK ATA
Country: Benin Republic
City: Cotonou
Test question: STAY ?
Test Answer: SAVE
Amount: $158 usd

Please send the fee through RIA office around you and get back to us
with MTCN slip in other to proceed on your transfer. Your rapid
response is highly needed.

Thanks and my regards.
Mr.FRANK HENRY
GENERAL MANAGER OF (RIA TRANSFER) INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLIC
Contact Email; ( FrankHenryManager@outlook.com)
( transferria290@gmail.com)

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