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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: "MR. PAUL SMITH" <ibrahim.lamordeibrahimlamorde2@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <mr.paulsmith566@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:17:19 -0400
Subject: IN REGARD TO YOUR ATM MASTER CARD PACKAGE WITH U.P.S


IN REGARD TO YOUR ATM MASTER CARD PACKAGE WITH U.P.S

I RECEIVED
AN EMAIL ALERT FROM UPS IN REGARD TO YOUR PACKAGE WHICH HAVE BEEN WITH
THEM FOR TWO WEEKS NOW AND THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENT IN CHARGE
PLANNED TO RETURN YOUR PACKAGE TO THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF
NIGERIA. THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN YOUR ATM MASTER CARD CONTAIN IS $6.5
MILLION USD AND THIS INCLUDE INTEREST RATE UP TILL DATE. THE MASTER CARD
WAS PROGRAMMED TO HAVE ACCESS GLOBALLY WHICH YOU CAN MAKE WITHDRAW OR
TRANSACTION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.IT SEEMS YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW ANY
SERIOUSNESS TOWARDS THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR PACKAGE THAT WHY HE WANT TO
RETURN IT AND HE NEED PERMISSION FROM ME FIRST BEFORE HE WILL RETURN THE
PACKAGE. I ORDER HIM TO STOP AND I ALSO ASSURE HIM THAT I WILL MAKE
SURE THE CHARGE FEE REQUIRED I ENABLE THE SHIPMENT FEE WHICH IS $40.00
WILL BE PAID AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST FEE REQUIRED FROM YOU.IN REGARD
TO YOUR ATM MASTER CARD PACKAGE WHICH WORTH $6,500,000,00 MILLION USD I
WILL HELP YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE IT AND MY INVESTIGATION SHOWS
YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT RECENTLY IN REGARD TO THIS PACKAGE AND THIS WILL BE
THE

LAST FEE.REMEMBER YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT TOWARDS THIS PACKAGE
ONCE THE CHARGE FEE REQUIRED NOW IS PAID SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE AND YOU
WILL RECOVER ALL YOU HAVE SPENT RECENTLY. THE CHARGE FEE REQUIRED NOW IS
NOT MUCH SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE LAST FEE NEEDED WHICH IS $40
ONLY MY ADVICE TO YOU IS TO GO AHEAD AND SEND THE CHARGE FEE VIA
WESTERN UNION. THE WESTERN UNION INFORMATION BELOW BELONG TO PAUL NWANZE
THE BRANCH MANAGER OF UPS INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DEPARTMENT NIGERIA.


THIS IS THE INFO TO SEND THE $40 VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM AS BELOW


RECEIVER NAME: PAUL NWANZE
LOCATION: LAGOS-NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION: OK
ANSWER: OK
AMOUNT:$40.00
MTCN#
SENDERS NAME:


YOUR
SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE ONCE THE CHARGE FEE IS PAID TODAY. AND AS SOON
AS YOU MADE THE PAYMENT GET BACK TO ME WITH THE SENDER NAME????MTCN
NUMBER???FULL SENDER ADDRESS USED:???TEXT QUESTION???ANSWER???? AWAIT
YOUR REPLY AND REMEMBER SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE TODAY AND IT WILL TAKE
ONLY 26 HOURS TO GET THE PACKAGE SHIPPED TO YOU.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY

BEST REGARDS,
MR. PAUL SMITH
CALL: +234-8087411279
E-mail: mr.paulsmith566@yahoo.com

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