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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: jamesarnold@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:54:30 +0100
Subject: Contact Apex Courier Delievery Company Benin Republicpex


HILL & 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 Apex 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 Apex Courier Delievery Company as
soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you
because of the expiring date.

For your 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 Addr ess 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 Apex Courier Delievery Company now for
the delivery of your Draft with this information Bellow.
Apex Courier
Delievery Company Benin Republic.
E-mail:
apexcourierdelieverycom@hotmail.fr
Registration Reference No;
wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545

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. Apex 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 know the contents.i am
waiting to hear the good news from you.

Regards,
PASTOR, JAMES
ARNOLD









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