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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: "Peter Tudor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dhldirectoroffice@excite.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:39:50 +0100
Subject: CONTAT THE DELIVERY DIRECTOR IMMEDIATELY

Secrectary Peter Tudor
09 BP 2501 Akpakpa Dodomey,
Cotonou Republic Du Benin.
8TH July 201

DearFrieend,
I have been waiting to hear from you since last week so that we will share the good
news together, well in respect of your support and hardworking in this organisation the
BOARD OF EXCUTIVE in their last Excutive meeting has decided to reward four
members effort with the sum of $850,000.00 thousand USD each, right now YOUR

FUND has been deposited at the
DHL EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY here in BENIN REP my dear, the small box
was not registered as FUND but as church evangelism tracks box therefore do not
disclose the content of the box to anybody for security reasons,And contact the
company immidiately to know when they will arrive in your country with your box
HERE ARE THEIR CONTACT ADDRESS
1.CONTACT PERSON......LEWIS .K. BENSON
2.E-mail-address:(directorkennedy@excite.co.uk)
3.PHONE NUMBER...+229-975-295-12

My dear accept daily security keeping fee of $27.00 all the money and document
regarding the delivering of your box has been handed over to this deliverying
COMPANY therefore do not be decieve. contact them for delivery of your box. today
CONTACT THEM WITH THIS INFORMATIONS
1..YOUR FULL NAME......................................
2...YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS...................
3..YOUR PHONE NUMBER............................
4..YOUR NATIONALITY....................................
5.. DEPOSITOR NAME.......is LARRY BENDO .

make sure your information is correct so that they will not deliver your box to the wrong
person I believe you shuold treat this letter with some conffideciality untill you recieve
your fund and always remember to address the box as church evangelism tracks.
Good Luck..
Secrectary Peter Tudor



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