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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: "Mr. Joseph Andrew" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deliveryagent3@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:56:16 +0100
Subject: FROM DELIVERY AGENT (YOUR ATM CARD HAVE ARRIVED U.S.A)

Dear Beneficiary,





I am Mr. Joseph Andrew, the delivery agent for EMS courier conveying your package containing your ATM CARD worht US$250,000.00 to you. I wish to inform you that i am presently in U.S.A, Texas to be precise, with your consignment in good condition. I shall be proceeding to your place,



tomorrow to hand over your Package to you, but first of all you need to settle for your terminal clearance charges which amounts to US$250.00. You have to send it to our office in London so that they will use it in clearing your package from the terminal. Please do not hesitate to send it so that i will clear your package since i will be proceeding to your residence by tomorrow.



The payment details required for you to send the clearance charge down to our office via western Union is:



Name of receiver: George Ray

Address: London , United Kingdom

Amount:$250.00

Test Question: …………

Answer: ………………………

MTCN:....................................

Sender's Name:...........................................

Sender's Address:.............................................................



Get back to me with the payment details once that is taken care of.



Regards,



Mr. Joseph Andrew,

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