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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: "Mrs Vera Blair" <verablair@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: <deliveryatcitylink@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:24:45 -0500
Subject:

Greetings,


I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you
since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with CITY LINK
Couriers Limited, West Africa, I travelled out of the country for a 3
Months Course and I will not come back till end of August.


What you have to do now is to contact the CITY LINK Couriers Limited as
soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you
because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the
delivering Charge and Insurance premium.


The only money you will send to the CITY LINK Couriers Limited to deliver
your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($150.00 US)
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
$150.00US Dollars.


I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you
will contact them and in the case of demurrage.You have to contact the
CITY LINK Couriers Limited now for the delivery of your Draft with this
information bellow;


Contact Person: Mr.Victor Fedinard
Email Address:enquireatcitylinkcouriers@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone:+(234)808-457-3688


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address() and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and
ask them to give you the tracking Pin 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 $150.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let
me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.


Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Vera Blair.

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