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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: "stanleychynoo114 Gazeta.pl" <stanleychynoo114@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:32:17 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,CONTACT THE APEX DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR FUND!!!


MULLS & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Dearest Friend,

Happy weekend and greetings to you & your Family.I have been waitingfor you
since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United
States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since then ,Then I went and
deposited the Draft with Apex Courier Company ,Cotonou,Benin Republic,
before I travelled out of the country for a short Course and i will not
come back till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to contact the
Apex Courier Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver
your package to you because of the expiring date.


Furthermore,For your information, I have paid for the delivering
Charges.,The only money you will send to the Apex Courier Company to deliver
your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($115) only
being their Securit y Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, Do
not be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $115.00,I would
have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will be!
contacting them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the Apex
Courier Company now for the delivery of your Draft with this information
bellow. Apex Courier Company Benin Republic.

E-mail: (apexcouriercompanybenin01@yahoo.fr) OR (
apexcouriercompany12@myway.com )
Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal /residental address and
Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery
and Let me repeat again,try to contact them as soon as you receive this
mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security
Keeping fee of $115 for their immediate action.You should also Let me kno w
through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Note. Apex Courier Company do not know the contents of the parcel.I
registered it as my photograph (pix) being sent to a friend overseas. They
do not know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge amount of
money.This is to avoid them tempering with the parkage. Do not let them know
know the contents.i am waiting to hear the good news from you.

Kindest Regards,
Mr Stanley Chynoo.

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