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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: "DR MIKE JOHNSON" <drmikejh4@ldsliving.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:16:46 +0100
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY FOR THE PACKAGE IMMEDIATELY


*HILLS & COUNSELORS AT LAW
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN. *

*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 didn't hear from you since that time ,Then I went and deposited the
Draft with GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY ,COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC before I
travelled out of the country for a short Course and i will not come back
till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to contact the GLOBAL MAX
DELIVERY COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have
paid for the delivering Charges, The only money you will pay to courier &
Security Company to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your
country is ($106) 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 $106.00, I would have paid that but they said no because they don't
know when you will contact them and in case of dumorrage.You have to contact
the GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY now for the delivery of your Draft with
this information bellow.

GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC.*
*E-mail: ( deliverycompany.globalmax@yahoo.fr )
**+229-93-44-2430*
*Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100
Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545*

*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 av
oid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of
$106 for their immediate action.You should also Let me know through email as
soon as you receive your Draft.

Note; GLOBAL MAX DELIVERY 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 the contents of the parcel. I am waiting to hear the good news from
you.*

*Regards,
Rev. Dr. Mike Johnson
*

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