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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: "From Western Union Dpt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <1stflight01@w.cn>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:09:27 +0100
Subject: KINDLY CONTACT THEM WITH THIS REGISTRATION NUMBER:Code(0113399)

Dear Friend

This is to bring to your notice that I have paid the re-activation fee
and the delivery of your ATM Card. I paid it because the ATM Card worth
of US$8.7M has less than Seven days to expire and when it expires, the
money will go into Federal Government treasury account With that I decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card will not expire, because I trust that when you receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for helping you.

This is the registration Number of your ATM CARD Firstflight122p/mtm/2011) Zip Code (0113399).

Now I want you to contact First Flight Courier Services Benin with your
physical address such as below, and contact them with this registration number (Firstflight/122p/mtm/2010) Zip Code (0113399).

1.YOUR FULL NAME..
2.HOME ADDRESS.......................
3.HOME
PHONE.........................
4 YOUR CELPHONE NUMBER...............
5.A SCAN COPY OF YOUR PHOTO..........
6.YOUR AGE AND MARITAL STATUS........
7.SEX................................
8.YOUR COUNTRY.......................

You prefer the delivery to be made so that they can deliver your ATM
Card to your designated address without any delay.

Like I stated earlier, the delivery charges has been paid but I did not
pay their official keeping fees since they refused. They refused and the
reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them and
the demur rage might have increased. They told me that their keeping
fees are US$30 per day and I deposited it on Monday 24th January, 2011.

Below is the Contact Information of the First Flight Courier Services Cotonou Benin:

Contact Person: Mr.Ngozi Hugo
Company: First Flight Courier Services Benin
E-mail Address: 1stflight01@w.cn
Tel: +22999415013

Contact them today to avoid increase of their Official keeping fees and let me know once you receive your ATM card.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Joy Goodluck
Western Union Dpt
Email: westernudpt01@w.cn

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