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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 Ramson <ram_oskaa@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: davidmkd72@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:30:24 +0100 (CET)
Subject: BARR OSCA & COUNSELORS AT LAW)


BARR OSCA & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Dear Friend ,

Greetings to you & your Family.I have been waiting for you since to
contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.2m) United States
Dollars, but I did not hear from you since then ,Then I went and
deposited
the Draft with Global trust Courier Delievery Company ,Cotonou,Benin
Republic,before I travelled out of the country for a short Course and i
will
not come back untill three months.What you have to do now is to
contact the Global trust Courier Delievery Company as soon as possible to
know when
they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.
Foryour information, I have paid for the delivering Charges.,The only
money you will send to the Courier & Security Company to deliver your
Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($98) only being
their Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, Do not
be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $98.00,I would have
paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will
contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the Global trust
Courier
Delievery Company now for the delivery of your Draft with this
information Bellow.

E-mail: glob_trust_com@live.fr
Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545
TEL. 0022993160184

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and
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 $98 for their immediate action.You should also Let me
know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Note. Global trust courier delievery company do not know the contents of the
parcel.I registered it as my photograph (pix) being sent to a friend
overseas. They do not know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge
amount of money.This is to avoid them tempering with the parkage. Do
not let them know the contents.i am waiting to hear the good news from
you.

Regards,
Barr Ramson Osca


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