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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: "Ms. Arene Williams" <info@lenceriajana.com>
Reply-To: JamesMcCurry@qq.com
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:48:41 -0430
Subject: CONTACT JAMES MACCURRY ESQ




I am Ms. Arene Williams in household of Mary Perry, Civil District 15,
Coffee, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 130, NARA
microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821732. , am thinking of
relocating since I am now very happy since I received my compensation
payment through legal assistance of James McCurry (Esq) I am one of those
that took part in the Compensation in many years ago and they refused to
pay me, I had paid over US$140,000 while in the US, trying to get my
payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Kiev, Ukraine with all my compensation
documents, And I was directed to meet James McCurry (Esq), who is the
member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he
explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through
emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment.
Right now I am one of the happiest woman on earth because I have received
my Compensation funds of $2,500,000.00 Moreover, James McCurry (Esq),
showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their
payments and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is
why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not
with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you
to contact James McCurry (Esq).

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : James McCurry (Esq)
Email: JamesMcCurry@qq.com
Tel. +380 44 279 13 53

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you
and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with
them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until
you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met James McCurry (Esq) was just US$600 for
the legal paper works, take note of that. The only money you are required
to pay is only the sum of $600 for the legal documentation in a court of
law.

As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information which
you are to use in sending the payment of US$600 to him in order to obtain
the document from the court of law so that your fund can be transfer to
you without any delay just the way mine was being transfered to me.

Send him the following details if you know you are ready to have your
FUNDS so that as soon as he receive your information he will send to you
the payment details for sending him the $600USD that is needed for him to
get the document that is needed to make the transfer a successful one, and
that is the only payment i made to James McCurry (Esq) and he helped me in
the transferring of my FUNDS and i must say that you have to contact him
so that he will help you the way he helped me to Get my FUNDS without any
further payment from me.

Send your following information to James McCurry (Esq)

Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Occupation:.....................
Gender:.........
Age:..............


Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact
James McCurry (Esq) so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead
of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for
different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.


Ms. Arene Williams.
Mary Perry, Civil District 15,
Coffee, Tennessee, United States

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