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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: Stephen Adams <kellyben209@gmail.com>
Reply-To: agent.pauluba@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 01:02:18 -0300
Subject: Attention Dear,

Attention My Dear Friend,

I have finally succeeded in getting your consignment box worthy of
$20million dollars out of delivery security room, with the help of
Barrister Frank Jimmy SENIOR ADVOCATE OF BENIN (SAB) Federal Supreme
High Court of Benin which act as your foreign Attorney representative
here in Benin so he convince the authority in your country that your
consignment box has no link with terrorist or drug trafficking.

Finally the authority at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport 6000 North Terminal Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia of United States
has agree to allow the diplomatic agent Paul Uba to leave the airport
with your consignment box worth $20million dollars in cash, the
authority has agreed that Paul will be leaving the airport as soon as
he present the Insurance Coverage Certificate of your consignment
which will be obtain from Benin republic. However, I will advise you
to reconfirm your delivery information to the agent Paul Uba to avoid
wrong delivering.

Your Full Name:
Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Cell/Mobile Number:
A Copy of Your ID for Identification attached
Nearest Airport: as he is at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Georgia right
now because of the Searching and Scanning of the package which made
him to misplace your Information.

Contact the diplomatic agent in person with the below information as
his waiting to communicate with you call him on his cell phone
928-554-2514 enable you give him full direction location without any
problem:

Name: Agent Paul Uba
Email: agent.pauluba@gmail.com
Cell Phone: 928-554-2514

Furthermore remember the Agent Paul Uba whom will deliver the package
does not know the content of that consignment box is money because the
Attorney which represented you 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 $20million dollars
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 as no authority is allow to open the consignment box
expect you. Also call me as soon as you receive this massage to
discuss on issue of the needed Insurance Coverage Certificate of your
consignment which require some little fee contact me with the below
information so we can discuss on how to obtain the needed Insurance
Coverage Certificate immediately on your behalf:

Regards
Stephen Adams
Email: mrstephenwilliams115@gmail.com
Telephone: +229-6139-2943 or +229-6867-2419

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