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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: "MICHEEL YAYI" <micheel_yayi53@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:28:08 +0100
Subject: YOUR $850.000.00USD IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY


*Good Day My Dear,

I have received your email together with all the required information
required for the delivery of your cheque to your designated address.Well i m
Mr.Micheel Yayi from benin republic; secretary to Mr.Mazi Olinna. Quite ok i
have being waiting for you to contact me as directed by my boss before he
travelled to japan for a business trip with his new business partner in
person of Dr.Roy Harris.The eight hundred and fifty thousand united states
dollars ( $850.000.00 USD ) is in certified bank draft which i have packaged
as a birthday gift going directly to your destination.

So be informed that i have gone to the Trust Link Courier Service Company
and has regiterred your package with them for delivery with the sum of
$48.00usd. Note that the diplomat who is going to deliver the package to
you, does not know the content of the package.And be informed that the
courier service compaany need your urgent response because they are going to
send the shipment AIR WAY BILL and the TRACKING NUMBER of your package to
you immediately they receive the delivery fee of $182.00usd from you.

Now this is what you have to do,you should go ahead and send the $182.00USD
which is the delivery fee of the courier service company so that your
package could get to your residence latest by monday.You can call me on my
private phone if there is any question:+229-9316-4397, you can as well
contact me on my private email: **micheelyayi@live.com*<micheelyayi@live.com>
* .So you are been advised to go and send the money through western union
money transfer or money gram immediately you receive this email as to avoid
any further delays in deliverying of your bank draft to your posstal
address. Send the money with the information bellow:

Name: AKPUTALI JOSEPH
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY: COTONOU
AMOUNT: $182.00USD
MTCN: ......................
TEXT QUESTION: WHO IS GREAT
ANSWER: GOD

Do not forget to email back to me the evidence of payment information for
easy pick and quick delivery of your cheque with out further delays.You
should also reconfirm to me your postal address once again as to avoid wrong
delivery and also your phone number for easy communications.

Remain Blessed My Dear.*

*
Regards
Mr.Micheel Yayi*

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