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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: CHRIS ROBERT <".www."@clock.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: CHRIS ROBERT <director@deliveryman.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 01:11:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: VERY URGENT PLEASE.

VERY URGENT PLEASE.

MY NAME IS CHRIS ROBERT.I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FUNDS WORTH

OF $8.500,000,00 DOLLARS HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH US HERE IN MICHIGAN

UNITED STATE DELIVERY ORGNAZATION FROM MR.JOHN DAVIDSON BEST WAY EXPRESS

CURRIER COMPANY LTD.

TO DELIVERED IT TO YOU AS SOON YOU CONTACT US WITH YOUR FULL

RECONFIRMATION DETAILS FOR THE DELIVERY WITH NO WASTE OF TIME OKAY.

SUCH AS.

YOUR NAME..........

YOU HOME ADRESS.....

YOUR PHONE CONTACT.......

YOUR OCUPATION........

YOUR CITY........



YOUR FUNDS ARE REGISTERED UNDER.

MR. Chris Robert

CONTACT:+17707371610

ADDRSS..5670 MCKINLEY

COURT.DEARBORN HEIGHTS,

MICHIGAN 48125.

MICHIGAN.

HE TOLD ME THAT IF YOU DON'T CONTACT HIM IN THE 3 DAYS YOUR

DELIVERY WILL BE CANCELLED OKAY.



HERE ARE HIS DETAILS.

NAME:JOHN DAVIDSON.

OCUPATION; DELIVERY AGENT.

CONTACT: +229 99454451.

EMAIL: johndavidsondhl@gmail.com


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