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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 CHRISTINA ROS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emsdelivery1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:49:34 +0400
Subject: Good day TO You!!!!!!!!!!!

Good day TO You!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $850,000 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 the date of expire and Dr.Jackson the
Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your
hand that it will not expire.

So I told him to cash the $850,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of
the country. What you have to do now is to contact EMS EXPRESS COURIER
COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
Consignment to you because of the expiring date. For your information,i
have paid for the delivering Charge, and premium Insurance .

The only money you will send to the EMS EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is($100 .00
USD) United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier
Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money
except $100.00 US Dollars.

I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you
will contact them and in case of demurrage. So you have to contact EMS
EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your Draft with this
information bellow;

So Make sure you contact Mr Morgan Authur EMS Controller ABUJA Nigeria

Directors Name: Mr Morgan Authur
Companys Name:EMS EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
EmailAddress:ems_delivery@hotmail.com
PHONE: +234-7041-341-703

1,Your Full Name:
2,Your Delivery Address:
3,Your Cell Phone Number:
4,Your Age:
5,Your Country:
6,Your OCUPATION:
7,Your Sex:

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on Delivery day and
ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package
over there and know when it will get to your door step so that you can
sign on it. Let me repeat again, Try to contact them as soon as you
receive this mail and ask them how you will make the security fee of $100usd
usd to them to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their
Security Keeping fee of $100.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
Note this. The EMS EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the
contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let
them know that box contents is Money ok.

You are to SEND them the payment vi Western Union with the payment information below SO at soon as you contact them with your home delivery information and your payment FOR Security Keeping fee which is $100.00 US Dollars with this informations below so that they can deliver your box


Receivers Name: Mr.PAUL ECHEKWU

Address:NO22 CREEK ROAD,ABUJA NIGERIA

Amount to be Sent $100usd

Text Question to be used:what Color

Text Answer: Brown

And send the details below to them:

Sender's Name:...........................................
Sender's Address:..........................................
Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N)...............


Upon receipt of the above,modalities

Thanks
Sincerely,
MRS CHRISTINA ROS

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