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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. KEVIN EZENNA" <ibrahimlamorde464i@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:42:50 +0100
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT UPS

*Attn Beneficiary,I,am Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria,This is to bring to your notice that, I, have paid the fee of your
ATM CARD, because the ATM-card worth $2.5M USD has less a months to expire
and when it expires the money will go into Government reserve account. With
that I decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM CARD will not
expire,because, I know when you get your ATM CARD definitely you must
compensate me.Now, your ATM CARD has been deposited with ups Courier for
delivery direct to your doorstep.therefore, I, want you to contact ups
Courier Company with your Full Contact information, so that they can
deliver your ATM CARD to your designated address without any delay. Like I
stated earlier, The delivery charges has been paid but i did not pay their
official keeping keeping fee of $95.00 , I would have paid that but they
said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage.Because, the Reasons they refusal is that they do not know when
you will contact them. As of now, I, deposited it on 30th of July 2014
therefore, try to contact them immediately to avoid any increase on the
security keeping fee okay.Contact Mr. Kevin Ezenna, UPS Director wih the
below informations:1)Your Full Name:2)Your Home Address:3)Your
Occupation:4)Your Telephone Number:5)A Copy Of Your Picture:6)Your
Country:7)Your Closet Airport:So try and contact Mr. Kevin Ezenna
immediately to avoid delay with the bellow information's.Mr Kevin Ezenna ;
UPS DirectorE-MAIL: ups_9@yahoo.com <ups_9@yahoo.com>Phone
+2347063163447Always remember to address the Parcel as church evangelism
Items because the Courier Company does not know the really content of the
package. Let me know once you receive the package so that we can Share the
joy together.Your's SincerelyRegardMr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central
Bank of Nigeria*

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