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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:31:12 +0200
Subject: CONTACT SEAWORLD EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR CONSINGMENT


Dear Friend.

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your
Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.8million United States Dollars, but I did
not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went to the
bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and
Dr.Wilson the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will
get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the
$1.8million USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing
this funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country for a 3
Months Course and I will not come back till ending of November, 2008.


the money was now package in consignment box and was deposited with
bank official security company for save keeping as well as sagely
delivering of your package to your home address , the SEAWORLD EXPRESS
COURIER COMPANY (SWI FREIGHT) What you have to do now is to contact
SEAWORLD EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY (SWI FREIGHT) as soon as possible to
know when they will deliver your Consignment to you,For your
information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.


The only money you will send to the SEAWORLD EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
(SWI FREIGHT) . to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal
Address in your country is ($180.00 US) United States Dollars only being
Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don\'t be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $180.00 US Dollars. I
would have paid the security keep fee, but they said no because they
don\'t know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage.Therefore you are to contact SEAWORLD EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
(SWI FREIGHT)now,
for the delivery of your consignment with this
information bellow;

Directors Name: Dr. FRANK OKOH
Companys Name:
SEAWORLD EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
Email Address:
(sweccomapny11@gmail.com)
Telephone number; +229 93819446

Finally,
make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery. than ask them
to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over
there and know when it will get to your address. 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
$180.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Note this. The SEAWORLD
EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY (SWI FREIGHT) . don\'t know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the
contents was money. in no condition will you disclose the real content
of your package to anybody till you receive it in your home for it
security reasons, this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don\'t
let them know that box contents money ok.

I am waiting for your urgent
response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Dan Ugo.


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