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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.SAMUEL GOODLUCK <poost6@posto.tk>
Reply-To: <oceanicbk1@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 13:59:54 -1200
Subject: VERY URGENT NOTICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attention for your Atm card,

I’m the new appointed Postman of Regular Mail Post Office branched at
Porto Novo-Benin. I assumed this office on August 15th, 2015. On going
through the files of the previous records of this office, I discovered
that there are six parcels containing ATM cards each one attached with
an email address of the owner on it. The former appointee of this
office (Alhaji Ahmed Musa Jr) failed to carry out the delivery as it
was instructed and programmed. And one of his reasons for not carrying
out the delivery was that you have not provided your postal address to
him for the completion of the delivery. According to the content
recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited by one Senior
Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died two years back. On the statement
he wrote on the list, he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM
cards contains Nine Hundred and Fifty thousand Dollars ($950,000,00 )
and he found your email addresses without your names in the internet.
The rest of the five email addresses are listed below should case you
are interested in asking them if this is real; or if they have
received the same message as you did.

Meanwhile, I am making the arrangement of posting the six parcels
through Regular Mail Post Office to all of you. So, I want you to
provide your postal address and your personal information as listed
below:

1. Your Full Name.
2. Your Postal Address.
3. Your Country and current City.
4. Your Telephone Number.
5. Your Country’s Postal Code.

Don’t be surprised in case this email message appears in your mail box
as “undisclosed recipients” because I am sending the same message of
the same content to six of you at the same time.

I went to our head office at Cotonou-Benin and reported the issue of
the discovered six ATM cards in my office and they verified it and
gave me the order to carry out the delivery immediately after you send
the $55.00 for the Postal Stamp of the parcel. We would have deducted
the fee out of the main fund but as you are clearly aware that we
don’t have any access to the pin code of the ATM card until you
receive it and open it yourself. It’s an illegal act for us to open
the pin code ourselves. So, you should send the $55 today for the
Postal Stamp. Send the $55.00 through Western Union to my secretary
CHRIS OBA as listed below:

1. Receiver’s Name: CHRIS OBA
2. Country: Republic of Benin.
3. City: Cotonou.
4. Text Question: Good?.
5. Answer: Yes.
6. Amount: $55.00.

Then, provide the following information after sending the $55.00:

1. Sender’s Name?.
2. Sender’s Address?.
3. MTCN or Reference Number?.

Call Or Text SMS Only with this +229 6411 1251
All the best,
Mr. Sam Goodluck,
New Appointee of Regular Mail
Post Office, Porto Novo-Benin.
Call +229 6411 1251

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