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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: "Dr. Mark White," <druglawstlucia@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: james.martin361@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 20:37:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,




 Attention Beneficiary,
 
 I want to acknowledged you that we have finally succeeded in
 getting your
 package worth’s of $5.9million out of (ECOWAS) Economic
 Community of West
 African States department with the help of Hon Mr. Victor
 Topanou Attorney
 General of Federal High Court of Justice Benin Republic
 which act as your
 foreign Attorney representative here in Benin Republic.
 
 So every necessary arrangement has been made successfully
 with the Diplomat
 Mr.James Martin with your Consignment Box and every
 Documents guiding your
 delivery is well updated so you are advice to reconfirm your
 full delivery
 information to the Agent right now as he is currently at
 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
 AIRPORT FLORIDA with your Consignment Box,
 
 As he called me this morning to inform me that he misplaced
 your delivery
 address which he has due to CUSTOMS /FBI/ CIA and POLICE
 searching and
 scanning on the Box as if he is a terrorist there in your
 country but finally
 I thank God that they have confirmed that his movement is
 clear and genuine
 with out any suspicious intentions to your country only to
 deliver this
 Consignment Box to you and the documents are updated as I
 earlier told you.
 
 So you are advice to reconfirm your full delivery
 information to the diplomat
 and also ask him to give you his mobile number so as to have
 easy conversation
 with him and to enable you give him full direction to get
 your Consignment Box
 delivered to you and hand you over your Consignment Box safe
 and sound,
 Furthermore you are advice to be very fast as the Diplomat
 Mr.James Martin has
 no time to waste due to his flight ticket,
 
 So the Information you are Required to Reconfirm to the
 Mr.James Martin is as
 Follow.
 (1)Your Full Name=============
 (2)Mobile Phone Number======
 (3)Current Home Address========
 (4)Fax Number================
 (5)Country====================
 (6)City======================
 (7)Nearest Airport == as he is at MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
 AIRPORT FLORIDA right
 now because of the Searching and Scanning of the Consignment
 which made him to
 misplace your address.
 (8)A Copy of Your I D For Identification.
 
 So contact him via his email address,
 CONTACT NAME: MR.JAMES MARTIN,
 Email Address: james.martin361@yahoo.com ????????
 Contact Phone: (386) 308 3173
 
 So contact him to deliver your consignment box first thing
 tomorrow morning
 possibly today, So get back to us immediately you contact
 the Agent to make
 sure that your fund has getting to you without any hitch,
 Furthermore remember
 the Agent delivering the Consignment Box does not know the
 content of that
 consignment box is money,
 
 Because the Attorney which represented you at (ECOWAS)
 registered it as a
 family value to avoid hitch during the delivery so unknown
 circumstances
 should you let him know the content of that consignment box
 is $5.9) million
 to avoid lost of your fund as your Consignment was Sign and
 Stamp by Federal
 Ministry of Justice to make sure that it is protected until
 it gets to you.
 
 Regards,
 Dr. Mark White,
 Director General
 DHL Courier Company,
 
 


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