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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- unmbss28@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "I'm Patricia" <amoan932@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unmbss28@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:39:27 -0700
Subject: APPROVAL NOTICE
From U.S embassy Benin Republic I'm Patricia Mahoney. From U.S embassy
Benin Republic, I was newly appointed as ambassador to Benin Republic
since i resumed work i have been going round the clock to do my duty
in line with the constitution of united state of America,i wanted to
inform you that i saw your name in one of the files here with some
payment details which you made to receive but i don,t know why the
not Email you at you Email but i was looking for your email address
until i saw it today be on24th of march 2023.So i decided to contact
you to let you know about your fund and to know the reason why the
formal ambassador Mr Michael Raynor disappoint you ,but I decided to
write you if you may still be interested to get your
fund through the power of this office and i know that something
wentwrong or maybe they demanded so much money from you which you are
unable to pay but i will try my best as a new appointed ambassador to
Benin Republic and i will make sure that you receive your fund through
wire transfer this time around to avoid any story again. I was so
shocked when i saw your name here and you are very lucky that the did
not clean away your name which means that i can still locate you
through your email address and i 'm so sorry for whatever has
happened and how much you spent in the past but be rest assured that i
will never disappoint you like Mrs Lucy Tamlyn or Mr. Michael
Raynordid.
all i need from you now is to re- confirm your contact address and
your bank details where you will like to receive your fund and all
will cost you is 99 to renew your Certificate of ownership with your
payment file, and you are paying the 99 to the attorney who will do
the work so that i can put my signature to enable you receive your
15.9m after all the delays. Please fill this with your contact details
and write back to me if you are still interested to receive your
fund,
Your full name.....
Your Country and City address........
Your Home address...........
Your age and occupation......
Your private phone number and sex.....
Single or married........
I will wait to hear from you as soon as you receive this email and
write back to me
(unmbss28@gmail.com) I'm Patricia Mahoney.
United States Ambassador to the Republic of Benin
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