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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: "Johnson Don" <johnson2008129990@me.by>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:22:21 +0800
Subject: Good News for you.

Attention:Beneficiary,

Good morning to you, how are you and your family today, It is very important
to inform you of the new development and onward arrangement we have put in
place to ensure a successfully and confidential transaction in this your
business. In view of the official banking process and procedures which made
it impossible to transfer this fund into your bank account through the
Security Company as initially proposed, due to high monitoring of Terrorist
Funding and Money Laundering in the world today by the United States and the
International community.

Therefore, the Security Company have resolved to using their official
position to signing this fund to you through a diplomatic means for onward
transfer into an account which shall be opened by you in your country. This
arrangement was concluded after a careful and confidential discussion with a
DIPLOMAT, who has accepted to use his office as a means of transporting the
cash consignment to your country where you will be expected to claim and
deposit in a bank as you will be directed and assisted.

With regards to the successful and accepted agreement reached between me and
the diplomat who has agreed to use his diplomatic immunity for a FEE to
transport the consignment to our agreed destination to you. As a diplomat
his immunity granted him the RIGHT of transporting his personal effect
through the AIRPORT or any BOARDER POST without passing through the security
checks. We are glad for this new development as it is safe and convenient
and most importantly confidential, hence it may not pass through different
official process of signing and approval. Under this arrangement, the
diplomat does not know the exact contents of the consignments; he only knows
the contents as PRECIOUS METALS/FAMILY TRESURES. In respect to the above
arrangement, you are urgently requested to indicate your readiness to comply
with the diplomat to enable you claim the consignment and deposit the fund
(US$9,800.000) into your bank account; in any case, a safe and conducive
arrangement has been put in place for this purpose. Therefore, by this
opportunity you are required to inform me of your schedule and readiness to
clear the consignment on the port of arrival as to conclude this transaction
as soon as possible. If you have any question concerning this arrangement,
please do not hesitate to ask me.

All I want you to do now is to send your full information to DIPLOMATIC
COURIER COMPANY director and instruct them where to deliver the box since
the fund is coming in cash payment.

Beneficiary Name:
Home Address:
Zip Code/ City:
Country:
Company Name & Address: (if any)
Tel: .... Fax: .......
Age: ....... Occupation: ......
Marital Status:.¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K
Gender:
A Copy of your international passport or driven license:


Send this your information to the address stated below

CONTACT PERSON:DR.MRS.BENITA HASSAN (Director Diplomatic Courier Services)
EMAIL: benita9001@yahoo.fr


Looking forward to hearing from you soon and make sure you contact her today
with your full information!

Best and Kindest Regards,

Barrister Johnson Don

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