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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: "MRS ROSE WILFORD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nationalpostofficengrhq@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:06:44 -0700
Subject: YOU HAVE 1 NEW EMAIL(URGENT)

Good Day

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $450,000

United States Dollars,but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I

went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson

the Director United Bank for Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that

it will not expire.

As long as you cannot meet up with our FedEx delivery fees.I will like you to contact Mr.

Bennedit Martins Moore at the strompost regular mailing office for the bank draft check to

avoid losing this fund under expiration, as I will be outof the country for a 6 Months

Course. What you have to do now is to contact the NATIONAL STROMPOST OFFICE as soon as

possible to know when they will deliver your Bank Draft to you because of the expiry date.

For your information, the only money you will send to the national Strompost office to

deliver your Bank Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($85USD) eighty

five United States Dollars only being the NSPS regular postage stamp fees. Again, don't be

deceived by anybody to pay any other money except ($85 USD) Dollars for the delivery stamp.

You have to contact NATIONAL STROMPOST OFFICE now for the delivery of your Bank Draft with

this information below;

NAME: NATIONAL STROMPOST OFFICE
CONTROLLER: MR.BENNEDIT MARTINS
EMAIL ADDRESS: nationalpostofficengrhq@gmail.com
PHONE NUMBER: +234-802-424-0978 or 01123480 2424 0978


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to

them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery post and ask them to give you, your nsps

receipt that you pay for. Know when it will get to your
address.Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid

any further delay and remember to pay for the nsps stamp ($85 USD) Dollars for their

immediate action.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Rose WILFORD

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