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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. Thomas O. Wells" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tntexpresscourierbj@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:38:23 -0800
Subject: Re: HSBC BANK PACKAGE $5.950M

HSBC BANK
INCONJUCTION WITH
UNITED NATIONS.
www.un.org.bj
 
Good Day.
 
The UNITED NATIONS IN Affiliation with HSBC BANK have agreed to compensate you with the sum of US$5,950,000.00, for self support.This is regarding the draws he organized before he left the office to help individuals to own a self charity organization also for your to build your Personal Company/organization so as to help the less privileged children.
 
This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract, inheritance sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems and the World financial Crisis etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercises and that is why we are contacting you.
 
I'm obliged to inform you that I have Paid the fee for the Compensation award Bank Draft Cheque, for self support, Mr. Oscar Thomas the Director of HSBC BANK told me that before the Cheque will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $5.950, 000.00, to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back ealier 2017. What you have to do now is to contact the TNT Express Courier ( tntexpresscourierbj@hotmail.com ) as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment package to you immediately.
The only money you will send to the TNT Courier to deliver your Consignment Package direct to your postal Address in your country is US$115 only being Security Keeping Fee for the TNT Courier Service so far. I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrages on your Package with them.
 
Please write a letter of application to the given address below:
 
Company Name: TNT EXPRESS COURIER
Manager. David BENSON
Email: tntexpresscourierbj@hotmail.com
Contact Tel: +229-98-544-887
 
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address....,nearest local and international airport..., Direct telephone number..... contact address.... and Your Passport or Driver's licenses....
 
to avoid wrong delivery, they will issue you a delivery code#, to enable you track your consignment box and know when it will get to your address.
 
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $115.00 for their immediate action to deliver urgently.
Note this. The TNT Courier don't know the contents of the Box Package. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the content was money. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. 
 
Don't let them know that box contains money ok.
 
We are sorry for the past inconveniences
Regards,
Mr. Thomas O. Wells
HSBC BANK
CC DEPT
www.un.org.bj

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