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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: office4 <office4@bbjbjb.nano.pl>
Reply-To: impexcourier@diplomats.com
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 02:13:32 +0200
Subject: Hello



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Hello,

Congratulations. I have registered your ATM CARD worth of Us$3.5M , for
delivery. Contact the delivery Company with your Full Contact
information for them to deliver your ATM CARD to you without delay.

I have paid for the delivery charges,but I did not pay their official
keeping fee since they refused, as they do not know when you are going
to contact them.Their keeping fee is $55 per day and I deposited it
Yesterday been 03/31/2018 (31st March 2018). Below is their Contact
Information: Name: Alex Silva ... Email : impexcourier@diplomats.com :
Phone : +229 69 35 68 13

Wishing you best of luck.
Thanks.
Loss Prevention Office

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