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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: "DR WILLIAM SMITH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dirkennedylewis@excite.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:27:38 +0100
Subject: THE DIPLOMAT HAS ARRIVED YOUR COUNTRY TODAY

Attention to you the beneficiary of this consignment box with registration code number : CAF/XX/05 Please
Your Urgent Attention Is Needed. We wish to inform you that the diplomatic agent conveying the
consignment box valued the sum of $4.200,000,00 Million United States Dollars misplaced your address and
he is stranded at your International airport now. We resquest you to reconfirm the following information
(below so that he can deliver your consignment box to you today.

NAME__________________________________________
ADDRESS:______________________________________
MOBILE NO_____________________________________
PACKAGE NUMBER_____ (CAF/XX/05)

Please do contact the diplomatic agent with the email below with the information required.
Contact Person: THOMAS ANDERSON
EMAIL;(diplomatanderson@excite.co.uk) He is waiting to hear from you today with the above information .
NOTE: That The Diplomatic agent does not know the content of the consignment box is $4.200,000.00
Millions United States Dollars because we registered it as family valuables and on no Circumstances should
you let him know the content, for security reasons.The consignment was moved from here as family treasures,

Regards Sam Welber
Central bank PayMaster,
Benin Republic
+229-932-129-41

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