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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: "hilljhn08 Gazeta.pl" <hilljhn08@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 21:59:23 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ROYAL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR BANK DRAFT!


(JOHN& COUNSELORS AT LAW)
25A HIGH LEVEL AVENUE KEREKOU
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

My dear Friend,

How are you doing ? I have been waiting for you since to come down here and
pick up your $950,000.00 Bank Draft but I did not heard from you since that
time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with Courier Security Company here
in Benin Republic, because I travelled to Iraq to see my boss and will not
come back till next month end. I want You to contact the Courier Company to
know when they will deliver your package bank draft to you.I have paid for
the delivering charges and insurance fee. The only money you have to send to
them is their security keeping fee which is $96.00 Us Dollars to received
your package don't be deceived by any body.

This is their Contact Address
Hon.Adams Odiriga.
Director of the Royal Express
courier delivery company
Benin Republic.
Phone number +22993232970
E-mail-(royalcourier_deliveryservice@live.fr)

Also this is the registraion number which I used to register your check bank
draft with the royal courier delivery company.
Registraion number................RCDC45012 EM
Identification number..............CPEL/OWN /9877
This is for easy identification of your package bank draft.

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee and also give them your contact delivering address to avoid any
mistake on the delivering. Let me know immediately you receive your Draft.

Thanks.
Barr.John Hill.

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