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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: "jimy peter" <jimypeter17@unimail.mn>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:17:22 +0200
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL MAX COMPANY NOW


Greetings My Dear

This is to inform you that due to your inablity to contact me on time for
your bank draft of $850,000.00 usd as instructed by My Boss,i have waited
for long now yet no result, then i decided to involve the issued bank to
avoid losing of the funds since bank draft have only 21 banking days of
validity.

When i got to the bank,the director told me that the cheque has one week to
expire that after one week it will be invalid then he advised me to hire a
lawyer that can help me to convert the bank draft into cash.I did as he told
me.And he helped me to registered it to the best courier company here in
Benin Republic.

I am happy to inform you that the job has been done, the check has been
converted into cash and is right now with Global Max Security Company
Benin Republic for delivery they have diplomatic immunity, remember the
package was registered under security monitoring department with a seal on
it for security reasons. You can find the code number beside the packaged
box, there is a place in it they wrote TRP when you open it through that
side you will see the code to open it, so contact the company today on this
information bellow ask them to effect the immediate delivery

Company Name : Global Max Security company Benin
Contact Person: Dr Frank Gomez
Email:(globalmaxsecuritycompany2@gmail.com)
Phone: 00229-97-52-74-89/ Fax+229-97550-863

Note ; your package was registered under security monitoring department for
security reasons,The only fee they may demand from you is their Security fee
which is $98 as the director told me. Tell them your name tell them that
your agent register your package with them for delivery ok, you can tell
them my name .

Remember to reconfirm the followings information to them :
Your Full Name ................
Your Home Address..............
Your Home Phone Number ..............
Your Cell Number...............

update them with your nearest international and local airport

While contacting them includes these informations to avoid any further
delays in delivering ok .Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid
dumorrage fee.

NB; , PLEASE MIND THE PIN CODES SO THAT THEY DON'T MISPLACE YOUR
CONSIGNMENT.
PIN CODE: ZMB 101/68/50/SOUTH AFRICA.
BATCH NO: 40/Z/2007/S.A. VIA. USA.
Your Registration num is......Gms864

With My Best Regards
Mr Jimy peter

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