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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: jimpeter16@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:49:42 +0100
Subject: Hello,


Hello,
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.5Million United States Dollars, but I did
not hear from you since that time. Then I went to the bank to confirm if
the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr. Justin john the
Director Bank of Africa told me that before 1.5Million USD UNITED STATES
DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I
will be out out of the country for a 6 Months Course and I will not come
back till end of July 2008.
The only money you will send to the Courier
Company to deliver your Consignment
direct to your postal Address in
your country is ($155.00 USD) One Hundred & Fifty_five United States
Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the CourierCompany so
far.Again, don\'t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$155.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they
don\'t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.
Contact
Person: .Mr Kelvin John Email

Address:(info_fedex_courier_ser_ltd@yahoo.fr)
Tel/FAX: +229
93138645
Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICE company don\'t know the
contents of the Box. I registered it as a Gift item and Personal
belongs. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them
delaying with the BOX.
Don?t let them know that box contents money ok. I
am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,

Please, Send
them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they
arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you.


1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE
NUMBER.
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
Dr
JIM PETER
Unbegrenzter Speicher, Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene
E-MailDomain
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http://office.freenet.de/dienste/emailoffice/produktuebersicht/power/mail/index.html


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