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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: georwilliams01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:11:19 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20THE=20USPS=20IMMEDIATELY=20?=

Attention My Good Friend,

I have Paid for the delivery fee for your Cheque Draft.but the manager of
Financial Trust Bank Plc Benin told me that before the check will get to
you that it will expire.So i told him to cash the $850,000.00 all the necessary
arrangement of delivering the $850,000.00 in cash was made with UNITED STATE
PARCEL SERVICE BENIN Below is the needed information to enable the shipping
company deliver your fund to you immediately. the only fee you have to pay
them is $97 usd that they will use to obtain insurance certificate and claims
of affidavite that will prove that the parcel that consist total sum of
$850.000.00 belong to you be rest assure that all other fees have been paid
by me.

UNITED STATE PARCEL SERVICE BENIN REPUBLIC
REV DR VICTOR BROWN .
EMAIL( unitedstateparcel_service@yahoo.fr
CONTACT NUMBER 00229-9752-7489
1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT TELEPHONE NUMBER.
5.A COPY OF YOUR I.D
6.COMPANY REGISTRATION NO EG58945
7.CODE NMBER 0140479
Please make sure you send this needed infors to the Director general of
UNITED STATE PARCEL SERVICE Dr Victor Brown with the address given to
you. Note ;The UNITED STATE PARCEL SERVICE don't know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a Box of family valuable belongs. They don'tknow
it contents Money. this is to avoid them delaying with the Box. don't let
them know that is money that is in that Box. You can as well call him immediately
you received this email with thenumber given to you.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Secretary George Williams .






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