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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: "info mail" <mail.info@klikni.cz>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 18:06:47 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,


Cotonou Benin Republic
FROM THE DESK OF:
MR JOHN ROLAND

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.

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 Addr ess in your country is ($110) 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

Name Alhaji Umar Garba
EMAIL :email_contact@sify.com
Phone 00229 97842845

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 $110) 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,
Dr John Roland

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