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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: Pat James <ghffdss5@msn.com>
Reply-To: <pastortundelemo@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:21:12 +0000
Subject: RE



Dear Beneficiary,

FROM: PASTOR . TUNDE LEMO, THE CREDITS AND BILLS LIQUIDATION OF C.B.N AND BCEAO. May i use this medium to notify you that new Government have Paid the bills which has been the cause of delay of your Payments, and the Managements of CBN and BCEAO has put your funds into a foreign draft,and find out that before the Draft will reach you it may get expired due to the unreliability of the corrupted postal service here,and we decided to convert the Draft into Cash, (BOXED MONEY) the sum of $45 Million Dollars so to deliver it to you in Cash on your Personal receipt at your DESTINATION in your country.

We wish to deliver your Payment through this system to avoid another stress of K.T.T and so on all the necessary arrangements of deliveringthe $45 Million Dollars in cash to you has been made with ROYAL ERRAND DELIVERY LIMITED YOU have to get in touch with ROYAL ERRAND DELIVERY LIMITED. via email or telephone immediately. Below are their contacts: Contact Person In-charge : Mr. Williams Giggs EMAIL: williamsgiggs2009@live.com Please Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrive in your country with your CONSIGNMENT .

* Full Names.................
* Address. (not P.O.Box)..............
* City..................
* State.................
* Postal Code...........
* Phone.................
* Fax.......................
* Email................
* Age...................
* Marital Status...............
* Sex...............
* Nearest Airport.....................

Note... The ROYAL ERRAND DELIVERY LIMITED declared the content as a special registered Box of FAMILY TREASURES. Once-more, You will pay the R.E.D.L fee of FORCE OF NATURE which is just $150.00 so that the detective agents will not open the BOX for search while on transit,as the content was not disclosed; please request for the tag of the said FORCE OF NATURE from the R.E.D.L.,this is to avoid delaying or confiscation of your payments by any Government agent while on transit. so be confidential, and let it be. CHEERS, MR. TUNDE

LEMO PAYMASTER C.B.N & BCEAO CREDITS AND BILLS.

Again contact person:
Mr. Williams Giggs
EMAIL: williamsgiggs2009@live.com

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