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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: "Special Agent Daniel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentdonaldefcc@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:09:18 +0100
Subject: EFCC FUND RECOVERY UNIT

SPECIAL AGENT DANIEL
EFCC FUND RECOVERY UNIT
LAGOS NIGERIA
TEL: +234 803 394 2326
EMAIL : agentdonaldefcc@btinternet.com

Attn

After waiting and no response was heard, I decided to deposit your Check with Universal Courier Service and also paid for the delivery fee of your Check valued the sum of US$1,500,000.00 Million US Dollars, as a parcel to Universal Courier Service Company in Lagos-Nigeria because I have traveled to London for an official traning you can reach me on +447045747261 or +447024061402.

I will not come back till 2011. I will want you to contact Universal Courier Service Company to know when they will be delivering your package. I have paid for the delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the only fee you will have to pay them is the monthly demur rage fee which they would pay the security department that are guarding your package since the date of deposit.

But if you will be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged only one month demur rage fee which will cost only US$95.00. So I urge you to contact them as soon as you receive this email and send the $95 through Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram to the account officer Mr.Oke Hispa.

Contact Person: Mr. Austin Oputa
Universal Courier Service
E-mail: austinoputa@universalmail.com
E-mail: austinoputa@btinternet.com
Tel: +234 709 2625 899


Send the US$95.00 through western union money transfer with the following information.

Receiver Name: Mr Oke Hispa
Address: 12c UCE Avenue Ikeja Lagos Nigeria
Text Question: In God
Answer: We Trust
Amount: US$:95
Send MTCN number...

Try to contact him as soon as possible to avoid increase in demur-rage fee. I gave them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistakes in the delivery of your package.

Reconfirm below information to the company.
Your Full Name
Address
Home Telephone
Cell Phone number

Note: You are to contact the Manager Universal Courier Service Manager via this email: ( austinoputa@btinternet.com or austinoputa@universalmail.com ) and give him a call with this number +234 709 2625 899.

Finally indicate this code: UCS81010 when contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner of the $1.500.000.00 package deposited in the company. Do let me know as soon as you receive your package and take a proper account of the content, and see that it contains $1.500.000.00.

SPECIAL AGENT DANIEL
EFCC FUND RECOVERY UNIT
LAGOS NIGERIA
TEL: +234 803 394 2326
EMAIL : agentdonaldefcc@btinternet.com

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