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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: "mbah chriss" <chrissmbah_8@livedoor.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:14:58 +0100
Subject: THE PAYMENT OF YOUR HONESTY AND PATIENCE


THE PAYMENT OF YOUR HONESTY AND PATIENCE

ATTENTION..Please!!!!!

The Bank of Africa decleared an ACCRUED INTEREST of $1.500,000.00 of your
unpaid lotto prize,next of kin and returned cheque of your compensation
payments, which has been lodging in the bank for so long .the operation
manager of the bank boxed the monies and deposited with ROYAL COURIER
COMPANY, so to deliver to you as a cash payment to avoid another stress of
ktt since the bank disappointed you in the past for failing to transfer the
fund to you in the first place due to some inevitable reasons.

Your thereby to contact the ROYAL COURIER COMPANY,with your delivery
details including your telephone number,so that they will deliver the
package (boxed money) to your personal receipt as this would be the best
system to pay your ACCRUED INTEREST at this pointing time,

Their contacts are below

MR.JULIAN MAYEE
EMAIL: rcclimited@netcourrier.com
CALL: +229 93905641

However, you will have to pay a little to the ROYAL COURIER Department
being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the ROYAL COURIER
COMPANY as stated in their privacy terms & condition page. Also be informed
that i wished to pay for the Security Keeping charges, but they do not
accept such payment considering the facts that all items & packages that is
registered with them have a time limitation and they did not accept payment
having known not when you will be picking up the package or even responding
to them . So they can not take the risk to have accepted such payment
incase of any possible damage or demurrage.


Thanks for your patience

Sincerely.

Engr.CHRISS MBAH
P.R.O
W.A.D.L.C
west African Debt liquidations Commitee

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