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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: "jANNY SAMULEH" <jsamuleh8@unimail.mn>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:27:02 +0100
Subject: CALL DR FRANCIS TO HAVE YOUR CONSIGNMENT


Hello Dear,

How are you and family today?hope fine.this to inform you that i went

to the issuing bank to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting

near to expire and Prof.Kofi Williams the Director of AFRICA

DEVELOPMENT BANK told me that before the cheque will get to your hand

that it will expire and I told him to cash the $2.40000.00 USD UNITED

STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under

expiration. However, all the necessary arrangement for delivering the

$2.40000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS in cash was made with IFEX

EXPRESS DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICES here in Benin Republic.

Secondly,Prof.Kofi Williams the Director of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK

Cotonou has package the funds in cash for you and he also helped me to
Register the Consignment with IFEX EXPRESS DIPLOMATIC COURIER

SERVICES.As for our agreement with the Courier company promised that

your package will leave this Country on or before 5 days from now, But

the Director of the company said that they need your contacts

informations to enable them meet up with you immediately.

Please write a letter of application to the given address below.
NAME:Dr Francis Westlaw.
TELE PHONE NUMBER +229 93942868.
Email (ifexexpress@net.hr or

ifexexpress.diplomaticcourier@googlemail.com)


Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you

immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX.Note this,The

Ifex Express Diplomatic Courier Company don't know the contents of the

Box we registered as a BOX of an Africa Fabrics and they don't know

that the contents is money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX

so don't let them know the contents of the box for security reasons.


Regards.
Mrs. J.Samuleh.

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