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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.FABIAN OKOYE" <marina.snc@alice.it>
Reply-To: delivery.agency11@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:04:02 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM DELIVERY AGENCY

Delivery agency cotonou-benin
address: plot 5, government residential area
branch (gra) way,ayaboninsa avenue, cotonou-benin.
E-mail:delivery.agency11@outlook.com
telephone (+229 6331-4984 )

good day to you, this is the second notice we are sending to you in
regards to your ATM visa card left here in our office, we notified you
about this few weeks ago but we haven’t heard from you up till this
moment. Many other packages, which we are supposed to deliver together
with yours, had already been delivered to their various owners and yet
yours is still here in our company. You can check on our
website: www.dhl.com,
track with the written numbers below and see
those whom we have already delivered; they all have received their
shipments in a good condition. Tracking number: 6824081401 (already
delivered) this is the evidence of the shipments we have already made safely
and no complain. Today we brought out some packages abandon here in our
office, so that is where we found yours sealed in an envelope. We
opened this all to find out is an ATM card. Attached to this, is a
letter sealed in the same envelope stating that this card worth the
sum $3.5 million us dollars also that it has already been activated
for use.

Reading down on this letter, which explains that the pin numbers of
the card will not be giving to any other person but you and it has to
be from the bank oceanic bank which issued this card. If you wish to
speak with the bank to acquire your pin numbers, you can reach the
bank on with below.

E-mail:delivery.agency11@outlook.com
person to contact, Mr. Ike Odili
phone no: +229 6331-4984

the pin numbers will be issued to you by this bank; this will be when
the card gets to you tomorrow. We had a dispute with the (nicon)
insurance office about your insurance certificate which they demand
$156 for that, but now all has been settled. We are happy to inform you
that your ATM card is inside one of the consignment box we are to
dispatch tomorrow.

Since you are having it difficult to raise the $156 needed, the fee is
now reduced to $75 for you. So you can now send $75 only to receive
your card. A tracking number will be forwarded to you upon receiving
the fee $75. Our agent will call you once the package arrives in your
city then you give him more directions on how to drive down to your
house. You will need to sign on the papers which he will present to
you once the driver reaches your house. After this, you have to call
the bank for your pin# as this can not be send through a mail to you
for some security reasons. Note, you can also change the pin numbers
if so desire for your own safety.

You are advised to send a total sum of $75.00 via western union to the
name of our receiving agent below.

Receiver: Roman Igwe
country: Benin republic
city; Porto-novo
question: today?
Answer: yes
amount; $75

send the western union payment information back to us immediately
after doing that. We are waiting your urgent respond so we can move
out the card earlier today. Once the card is dispatched today, you
should expect the arrival tomorrow. So please we advice you stay and
wait to receive the card personally because we wont like giving it to
someone else unless you have an urgent place to attend then you must
drop a written note with whom ever you ask to receive it on your
behalf.

You expected to reconfirm your residential address to avoid any delivery
error.

Mr. Fabian Okoye
delivery agent.
E-mail:delivery.agency11@outlook.com
phone: (+229) 6331-4984

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