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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. Ecagnan Evrard Armel" <wsdaviduk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: royalbankofbenin@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:03:22 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: Your Payment With Courier.

Hello My Good Friend,

How are you doing, I was shock that you stop communicating me on the claim of the of $1,200,000.00 USD IMF payment compensation since 2015 but after all delay by you, your funds have been last week been credited into ATM Debt Card and I have drop it with a local Courier company called Trans Package Express Courier Services to be delivered to you. Security Keeping fee charges have been paid by me, but the only fee remaining is the delivery fee of $185.00 USD which you will be required to pay before the delivery will be made to you. I did this because I was unable to make the funds transfer to your bank account in your country and I am going out of Benin to Russia for a period of 4 months for an investment.

However, you must send your address to them to avoid wrong delivery of your ATM Debt Card to different address and when contacting the courier company, I advise you to quote the parcel and shipment code to them for onward delivery to your address. Therefore,forward the following when contacting Trans Package Express Courier Services: Your Name, Your Delivery Address, Your Phone Number and code below.

Contact Dr. Dohami Stanislas Romaric Thomas Pedro
Director Trans Package Express Courier Services
C/65, Sikecodj, Cotonou, Republic of Benin
Tel: Tel: +229 68796302 Telfax: +229 30 22 025
E-mail: tpdservice@outlook.com

Shipment Code: TPEC/00977-667642
Parcel Number: 6971001-004

Yours Belove,
Mr. Ecagnan Evrard Armel.

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