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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. Ben Edward Jr" <mezmalas@sveiks.lv>
Reply-To: mrbenedwardjr44@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 09:02:43 +0200
Subject: Your Cash Payment




We are here to inform you that your total Inheritance Payment of
$7.8Million USD that you have been waiting for so many year is here in our
office and if you wish to receive your total funds in cash, please email
me as soon as possible with your full contact details so that you will
receive your funds in cash to your home address with out any more delays
and I will be expecting you to get back to me ASAP.

This cash was brought to us this yesterday by the cash payment office
BENIN REPUBLIC, please reconfirm the below information to avoid delivery
of your cash to wrong hand.

Full names............
Parcel owner address......
Country/State........
Occupation...........
Passport/Driving License
Tel...........

We will register your cash payment and send you some document's that back
up the delivery before we proceed for safety delivery of your package as
soon as you reconfirm the required information for safety delivery.

Mr. Ben Edward Jr
Director Cash Payment Office
Cell Phone: +229-902-10155
Email:mrbenedwardjr44@gmail.com

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