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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 STACY MORGAN ESQ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <universalexpressdelivercoo@gmx.us>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 02:36:27 +0300
Subject: FROM MRS.STACY MORGAN ESQ !!!!

Attn: Dear Friend,

I have waited enough to send your cheque bank draft $4.8m united state US dollars for your compensation but I did not hear from you since and the time the bank draft will be expired is getting near, I finally arranged with the bank manger of BANK P.H.B PLC Mr.Nduka Ndefo and he has coveted the bank draft into cash payment and package it in a diplomatic box the arrangement has been finalized with UNIVERSAL EXPRESS DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY THE RELIABLE DELIVERY SYSTEM to send the package through diplomatic courier service I have contacted them and they told me that you should forward all this information below to them.

Please carefully Reconfirm your full house address, your private Mobile phone number and send it to them to avoid wrong delivery of your consignment to your doorstep.

FULL NAME.......................
OCCUPATION.............................
YOURE HOUSE ADDRESS...............
AGE..................................
TELEPHONE NUMBER.....................
FAX NUMBER...............................
OFFICE ADDRESS...................................
NEAREST AIR PORT...................................
PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION: (PASSPORT OR DRIVES'
LICENSE...................................

Also remember that they did not know the content of the box I registered it as an Africa cloths. They don't know that it contents money. This is to avoid them delaying with the delivery of the box to you .I don't want you to let them know that the content of the box is money. JUST FEEL FREE AND CONTACT THEM WITH THIS EMAIL: (universalexpressdelivercoo@gmx.us)

Note: That you have to pay them for Security Keeping Fee which is $105, only.

BATCH NO AX277
SHIPMENT CODE 33XZS
THE AIRWAY BILL NUMBER.GX843KR
CONSIGNMENT REGISTERED CODES NO XGT476.
SECURITY CODES NO SCT/2071DHX0
CONTACT PERSON /MR. YOUNG WHITE.
ADDRESS NO4/7 WHITE HOUSE BUILDING 7TH FLOOR LAGOS NIGERIA.
TELEPHONE NUMBER. +234-802-841-5881

BEST REGARD'S.

MRS.STACY MORGAN ESQ,

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