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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.Grace johnson" <emekachimefile@gmail.com>
Reply-To: worldremit41@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:31:47 -0700
Subject: NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

WE THE WORLD REMIT OFFICE HERE IN COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN WANT TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF
$5.900,000.00USD TO YOU THROUGH WORLD REMIT, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING
$10.000.00USD PER DAY, NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU.

SO KINDLY CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
(MR.JOHN HOPE ) AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE WORLD REMIT PAYMENT
INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK YOUR FIRST PAYMENT OF
$10,000.00 UP IN ANY WORLD REMIT OFFICE AROUND YOU WITHOUT ANY
PROBLEM.

HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS (worldremit41@yahoo.com)
PHONE NUMBER +229 65439498.

AND CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.

YOUR NAME___________
YOUR HOME ADDRESS_______
YOUR COUNTY/CITY___________
YOUR AGE/SEX_____________
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER_______
ID COPY_______
OCCUPATION_______

CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE WORLD REMIT
INFORMATION TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

THANKS YOU
MRS.GRACE JOHNSON

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