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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)
Reply-To: revths@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:22:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear, Contact Apex Courier For your Package


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: revthhele@yahoo.com



- Dear friend How are you today ?.I'am writing to inform you thatI have Paid the fee for your Draft Cheque. Yesterday, I went to the bank to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.Allen Kim the Director of B.O.A Bank of Africa told me that before the cheque will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $950,000.00, to cash payment to avoid losing this fundsunder expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till the end of the month. What you have to do now is to contact the Apex as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you immediatey For your information, I have paid for the yellow tag fee and delivery Charge. The only money you will send to the Apex Courier to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is US$106 One Hundred & Six United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee for the Apex Service so far. I would have pa!
id that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of dumourrage on your Package with them.Please write a letter of application to the given address below: Company Name: Apex Courier Manager. Nelson Fabian Email: apexbj@live.fr Contact Tel: +229-98-799 290, Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address, Driver's Licence, Direct Phone Number and nearest local and internationalair port,contact address and picture or id to avoid wrong delivery, they will issue you a delivery code#, to enable you track your consignment Package an d 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 $106.00 for their immediate action to deliver urgently. Note this. The Apex Courier don't know the contents of the Package. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths They did not know the contents was money. thi!
s is to avoid them delaying with the Package. Don't let them know that
Package contains money ok. Thanks and More Blesssing. Regards, Mrs Helen P. Peter


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