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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: "prueba" <prueba@orion.cnc1.net>
Reply-To: glomax2@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:21:00 -0400
Subject: contact the GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY in Dubai United Arab Emirates.

For Your Kind Attention:

Good day, how are you today? I am writing to inform you that I have paid the
fee for your Draft. And I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired
or getting near to expire and Mr. Ahmed Zafa the Director of the Eco Bank Plc,
told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $5,500,000.00 (Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand
US Dollars) to cash payment to avoid losing these funds. However, all the
necessary arrangement of delivering the $5,500,000.00 in cash was made with
GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY in Dubai United Arab Emirates.

Mr. Ahmed Zafa the Director of the Eco Bank Plc here has to package the sum of
$5,500,000.00 USD in cash for me. Then he also agreed to help me to register
the Consignment with GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY. Infarct I thank God for all
the movement I made, everything goes successfully and this is the tag number
given to me (FCSCB77415).

As for our agreement with the Global Max Courier Company they promised that
your consignment will leave this Country this week, But the Director of the
GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY said that you have to pay for the security keeping
fee wish will cost you $295.00 USD, and also they needs your contacts
information’s to enable them meet up with you immediately their Diplomat Agent
arrived to your Country with your consignment box. Please write a letter of
application to the given below address, and you should send the security
keeping fee of $295.00 only to the Global Max Courier Company to enable them
proceed on your delivery.

Contact Person.

Mr. Williams Ume.
Email: glomax2@yahoo.com.hk
Direct Telephone: +971 528 078 844

Note. That I have paid the delivery charges, so all you have to pay to the
Global Max Courier Company is only their security keeping fee of $295.00 USD only.

You should Send them your contact information to enable them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country with your consignment BOX. This is
what they needs from you.

1. Full Name:...............

2. Address:.................

3. Telephone No:............

4. Age:.....................

5. Occupation:..............

6. Country:.................

8. Identity Card if any have no copy:

Please make sure you send this needed information’s to the Director General of
Global Max Courier Company, Mr. Williams Ume, with the address given to you.

Note. The Global Max courier company doesn’t know the contents of the Box. It
was registered as a BOX containing Africa cloths. They don't know it contains
money. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know that
is money that is in that Box.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

Thanks and Remain Blessed.

Yours



Mr. George Padmore.
Call me +22998697859 once you contact the GLOBAL MAX COURIER COMPANY in Dubai
United Arab Emirates

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