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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: barr_pedro17@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:49:51 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NOW=20CONTACT=20MY=20SECRETRY=20FOR=20YOUR=20COMPASETION?=

Attention Dear,

I have Paid for the delivery fee for your BANK Draft.but the manager of
Eko Bank Benin told me that before the BANK DRAFT will get to you that it
will expire.he told me that it has being kept for a long time.I now told
him to translate it in CASHN MONEY so that it will not expire before it
will get to your hand. all the necessary arrangement of delivering the
MONEY [$800.00,000.00 U.S.D] was made with GLOBAL MAX TRUST COMPANY IN
BENIN REPULIC.
be infomed that there are some documents to be secured your package.The
only fee you have to send to them is a delivering fee,office keeping fee
and insurrance fee of your package wich will cost you ($95 00.U.S.D) .So
feel free to contact MR KELLY BROWN the maneger of global max trust company
and intruct him to send the money to you trough there deplomatic agent in
your coutry.

NOTE;that the company does not know that it is a content of because
i registered it as a trunk package this is for security reason.please do
let me know if you have recieve your fund.And if they request any other
money from you accept there deliveying fee,office keeping fee and insurrance
fee you can contact me on this my private email addres(innocentmecury@yahoo.com)

below is the needed information from you to enable them deliver your fund
to your nominated address immediatly

1. YOUR FULL NAME........
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS............
3. YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER........
4. YOUR CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS.........
5. A COPY OF YOUR PHOTO.................
6 .SEX..............
7 .AGE...................
8 .COUNTRY..............
9 .OCCUPATION.........

NOW CONTACT DR KELLY BROWN THE GLOBAL MAX TRUST COMPANY DIRECTOR.
NAME....DR KELLY BROWN
EMAIL....global_max_trust_company01@yahoo.fr
Telephone....0022993075125

BEST REGARD
BARR pedro william





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