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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: "Drusman Bello" <drusman.bello156@gmail.com>
Reply-To: graylinkcourservcom@live.com
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:11:12 -0400
Subject: CONTACT GRAYLINK COURIER IMMEDIATELY

Dear Friend,

I have been waiting for you since to come and pick your ATM CARD worth of
$1,500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) but did
not hear from you since that time ,then I went and deposited the ATM CARD with
Graylink Couriers Service Company here in Benin Republic, because I traveled
out of the country and will not come back till later in the year.

You have to contact the Graylink Courier Service Company to know when they
will deliver your package.I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance
fee. The only money you have to send to them is there security keeping fee
which is $125.00 Us Dollars to received your package. Don't be deceived by
anybody to pay any other money apart from the $125.00

Contact them with bellow information:
Dr. Lauren Uena Director Graylink Courier company
E-MAIL:(graylinkcourservcom@administrativos.com)

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee.You have to reconfirm your current delivery address to them again
to avoid any mistake in the delivering your parcel. Let me know as soon as you
receive your ATM CARD.

SEND THE FEE OF $125 TO THE NAME AND DETAILS BELOW:

Receiver,s Name: Udezuo James.
City: Cotonou
Country: Republic Of Benin.
Question: COLOR
ANSWER: WHITE
Amount: $125 US dollar.

Best regards,

Sincerely Yours,
Hon. Dr Usman Bello
Chief of National Ozone Bureau

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