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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: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:34:31 +0100
Subject: Your package registration No,27.2KGXX5






Attn;my dear friend.

I have been sending you email but its keep on returning.Dr.Willson told m=
e that before the draft will get to your hand,that it will expire.So I to=
ld him to help me
cash the $840,000.00USD(Eight hundred and fourty thousand only) in cash=C2=
=A0 to avoid loosing this funds under expiration because my BOSS whom ins=
tructed me to send the drafted cheque as your compensaction is no more in=
this country.Bank advised me to go through DIPLOMATIC means because Gove=
rnment of this Country will not allow any bank to transfer the total fund=
into USA ACCOUNT.That is the reasons I was directed to transfer the fund=
to you through courier company.

I paid for the delivering charges.Do not let Mr.Fredrick Sanchez know the=
real content to avoid them not run away with your fund.I registered the =
package as a sample of clothes you want to distribute to all your cutomer=
s. (Now what you need to do is=C2=A0 to Send your=C2=A0 below information=
,Your
=C2=A0Full Name,,,
Mailing Address,,,
AGE,,
Driver Lisence,,,,
to the below Contact Person: Fredrick Sanchez(Director Of TopChrono)
E-mail Address,(topchronodelivery@hotmail.fr )=20
Telephon number:+229 98563511.
=C2=A0
Include Your package registration No,27.2KGXX5 and deposited Date,20th Oc=
t 2008.I have retired and I will not longer stay in this Country Benin,I =
will move out of this Country next tomorrow with my family to JAPAN.So Ca=
ll Dr.Marthins Dave(EcoBank Accountant Officer,phone,0022993890618)for th=
e key of the TRUNK BOX because they advised me not to send the key throug=
h thesame Courier Company for security
reasons.Meanwhile,I plead him to send it to you incase you need the key b=
efore the delivery.=20
=C2=A0
Good Luck,=20
Faithfull.
MR.BENARD KALU.




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