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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 Dawn Viens" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dawnvii@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:34:58 -0800
Subject: Reminder Mail From Mrs Dawn Viens ii

Greetings!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Conformable
Bank Draft of $850,000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you
since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with Air Parcel Express, United Kingdom, I traveled out of the country for 3 Months
Course and I will not come back till end of the third Months.

What you have to do now is to contact the Air Parcel Express 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, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque
showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist
attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the Air Parcel Express to deliver
your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($165.00 US)
Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.
Again, I would have paid that but they said no because they
don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.

You have to contact the Air Parcel Express International now WITH YOUR
FULL CONTACT DETAILS for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow:

Contact Person: Mr Gregory Smith
Air Parcel Express International
6Q Hagley Road
New Mersey Retail Park
Tyseley Birmingham
United Kingdom
Tel:+44-704-572-7609
Fax: +44-8447747765
Email Address: airparcelxprss@live.com

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 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
$165.00US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let me know
through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Dawn Viens

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