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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 DAVID." <etuhagnes19@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john.young924@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:18:34 -1200
Subject: YOUR FIRST PAYMENT HAS BEEN SENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD DAY AND MY GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.. WE HAVE CONCLUDED
TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH (MONEY GRAM TRANSFER) AND $8,000.00
WILL BE SENT DAILY TO YOU UNTIL THE $3.6 MILLION IS COMPLETELY
TRANSFERRED.

THOUGH, MR.JOHN YOUNG SENT $8,000.00 IN YOUR NAME TODAY, SO CONTACT
MONEY GRAM AGENT AND REQUIRE FROM HIM TO GIVE YOU THE MTCN, SENDER'S
NAME AND QUESTION/ANSWER TO PICK THE $8,000.00 HAS FIRST PAYMENT OUT
OF YOUR $3.6MILLION.

HERE IS THE DETAILS OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED FROM YOU:
AGE:___
SEX:______
COUNTRY:____
FULL NAME:_____
DESTINATION:_____
MAILING ADDRESS: _______
PHONE NUMBER___________
PASSPORT BY ATTACH OR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.______

THEY WILL BE SENDING USD$8,000.00 PER DAY ONCE YOUR PAYMENT FILE IS
ACTIVATED. CONTACT BENIN MONEY GRAM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNIT BELOW:

DIRECTOR NAME:MR.JOHN YOUNG.
E-MAIL: (john.young924@yahoo.com)
OFFICE LINE:(+234 9069417796 OR +234 9052604995

BEST REGARDS.
MRS.SUSAN DAVID

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