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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: "Mrs. Susan Kent" <mrwhitecharles6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: moneygram0145@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 02:42:34 -0800
Subject:

Good day,

There is an issue involving $15.700.000.00 USD which was called to Our
Bank (CAPITAL CITY BANK) from THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF BENIN
REPUBLIC concerning your compensation of $15.700.000.00 USD has been
forwarded to money gram Agent Office and An instruction has come
directly from Mr. Andrew Jack of Ministry Of Finance.

He asked us to start sending your fund install mentally $7,000.00 USD
per a day through International money gram transfer. This type of
transfer means, you will be receiving $7,000.00 USD every day through
the International money gram transfer until the total of
$15.700.000.00 USD is completely transferred to you.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, TO EFFCET YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF $7,000.00 USD
THROUGH MONEY GRAM, NOW YOU HAVE TO CONTACT MR. ALEX KELLY, THE
DIRECTOR MONEY GRAM ON THIS CONTACT BELOW AS HE IS THE PERSON IN
CHARGE OF YOUR PAYMENT.

THE INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM AGENT OFFICE:
Name: Mr. Alex Kelly
CONTACT HIM WITH THIS E-mail: (moneygram0145@gmail.com)
Tel: +229 53480690

HERE IS THE DETAILS YOU NEEDED TO FORWARD TO THEM, IN ORDER TO HELP
YOU PICK THE FIRST PAYMENT OF YOUR $7,000.00 USD

Reconfirm your address:::::
Full name:::::::
Country::::::
Personal Telephone number:::::
Age:::::::
Occpation: :::::

MRS. SUSAN KENT

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