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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: edmon_g14@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:32:31 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20GLOBAL=20SPEED=20COMPANY=20LIMITED?=

Hello my dear,
After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for the
delivery fee of your $1.5,000 000.00 Million USA Dollars,as consignment
box to GLOBAL SPEED COMPANY LIMITED in Benin Republic,because I travelled
to SAUDI ARABIA to visit my friend and i will not come back till next month
ending.

I want You to contact the GLOBAL SPEED COMPANY LIMITED to know when they
will delivering your consignment. I have paid for the delivering charges
and also the insurance fee, the only fee you will pay them is the monthly
dumorage fee with they will pay the security department that are guarding
your consignment since the deposition day. But if you will be very fast
in contacting them, you will be charged for only one month
dumorage fee which will cost only $97 dollar.

So i urge you to cvoàntact them as soon as you received this email. CONTACT
PERSON; DR.DAVID AKA DISTRICT
MANAGER GLOBAL SPEED COMPANY LIMITED.
E-mail:( glo_speedcouriercompany_benin01@yahoo.fr )
CONTACT PHONE+229-93-872-226
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increase in dumorage fee.
I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them
again to avoid any mistake in the delivery of your fund.

Reconfirm below information to the company.
Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home Telephone---------------------
Office Telephone---------------------
Your Pic----------------------------------

Finally indicate this code: GM0081 when contact them, it will identify that
you are the owner of the $1.500.000.00 consingment trunk box deposited in
there company.Do let me know as soon as you receive your consignment and
take a proper account of the content whether it is complite $1.500.000.00.
Regards
GENERAL SECRETARY






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