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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: "Johnson Dr Mike" <rdmikejn@nsk.biz>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:48:13 +0100
Subject: CONTACT APEX COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES COMPANY IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR PACKAGE


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

Dear Friend

Greetings to you & your Family. I have been waiting for you since to contact
me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United States Dollars, but
didn't hear from you since that time ,Then I went and deposited the Draft
with APEX COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES 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 DELIVERY SERVICES COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will
deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your
information, I have paid for the delivering Charges, The only money you will
pay to courier & Security Company to deliver your Draft direct to your
postal Address in your country is ($95.00) only being their Security Keeping
Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, Do not be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $95.00, I
would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will
contact them and in case of dumorrage.You have to contact the APEX COURIER
DELIVERY SERVICES COMPANY now for the delivery of your Draft with this
information bellow.

APEX COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC.
E-mail : apexdeliveryservices@live.fr
Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal 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 av
oid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of
$95.00 for their immediate action.You should also Let me know through email
as soon as you receive your Draft.

Note; APEX COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES 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 the contents of the parcel. I am waiting to hear the good news
from you.

Regards,
Rev. Dr. Mike Johnson

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