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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: "adamss johns" <johnsadamss@klikni.cz>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 03:24:59 +0200
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED IMMEDIATELY


Hello My Dear,

After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for the
delivery fee of your $1.500 000.00USD,as consignment box to GLOBAL MAX
COMPANY LIMITED in Benin Republic,because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA to
visit my friend and i will not come back till next month ending.

I want You to contact the GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED to know when they will
delivering your consignment. I registered it as consignment, I paid for the
delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the only fee you will pay them
now is the, monthly dumorage fee which they will pay the security department
that are guarding your consignment since the deposition day. But if you will
be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged for only one month
dumorage fee which will cost only $98 dollar only. So i urge you to contact
them as soon as you received this email.

CONTACT PERSON; DR.DAVID AKA DISTRICT
MANAGER GLOBAL MAX COMPANY LIMITED.
E-mail:( gspcourier_company_limited027@yahoo.de )
CONTACT PHONE+229-9386-1888

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increase in dumorage fee. I
gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again
to avoid any mistake in the delivery of your fund,Reconfirm below
information to the company.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home Telephone---------------------
Office Telephone---------------------
Mobile Phone----------------------
Nationality-------------------------
Your Pic-----------------------------

Finally indicate this code: GM0081 when contact them, it will identify that
you are the owner of the $1.500.000.00 consignment trunk box deposited in
there company.Do let me know as soon as you receive your consignment and
take a proper account of the content whether it is complite $1.500.000.00.

Regards
ADAMS JOHN

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