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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 Mary Alman <mr_jerryude020@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ups_benindepartment@live.fr
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:05:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I have paid the courier charges and the delivery of your ATM CARD


Attn;My Daer,


This is to bring to your notice that, I have paid the courier charges and the delivery of your ATM CARD.I paid it because the ATM CARD worth $3.5,USD has less three weeks and four days to expire and when it expires the money will go into Government reserve.I paid it to avoid it expire.
 
Like i stated earlier,The delivery charges has been paid but i did not pay their official keeping fees since they refused,Reasons for their refusal is because they do not know when you are going to contact them.

They told me that their keeping fee is $47 per day. i deposited it on11/08/2010.

You should make sure that you send them their keeping fee today with the information bellow to avoid them be adding their keeping fee to you bill. Therefore you advice to use this information and send the fee to them OK.

Bellow are the account you will use to send the fee now TO THEM, and please do not contact if you know that you can not send the fee of $47.00usd today TO THE ups OK.

Receiver::: Eugene O Ekene
Country location Benin Republic
City Cotonou
Test question:: God is good
Test answer:: All the time
MTCN Number:::::

Member to forward the western union MTCN NUMBER them as urgent as you send the fee

Here is the United Parcel service contact information.

Contact Person:Dr,REV MR.FREDRICK MOORE,
United Parcel Service Company
Email:(ups_benindepartment@live.fr ) Email (upsdepartmentbenin@ingo.al)
 
Contact Today to avoid increase of their keeping fees.

Yours Sincerely ,
Mrs Mary Alman



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