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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: "ocokafor@excite.co.uk" <ocokafor@excite.co.uk>
Reply-To: dhldirectoroffice@excite.co.uk
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:19:18 +0900 (KST)
Subject: CONTACT AND RECIEVE YOUR CARD IMMEDIATELY


THIS IS TO INFORMS YOU THAT YOUR CHECK THAT  WAS DEPOSITED TO DHL
COURIER COMPANY SINCE THREE MONTHS NOW WAS LAST WEEK RETURNED TO THIS
OFFICE AS THIER INABILITY TO COMPLETTE THE DELIVERY,WE WISHES TO INFORMS
YOU THAT THE BOARD OF EXCUTIVE HAS MANDATED THE REMITANCE DIRECTOR TO
CODE THE TOTAL CASH INTO AN ATM VISA CARD TO AVOID THE CANCELIATION OF
THE CHECK ON ITS EXPIRE DATE ON 7TH MARCH 2011, WE THEREFORE WANT YOU TO
URGENTELY CONTACT THE REMITANCE DIRECTOR IMMEDIATELY WITH YOUR FULL
INFORMATION AS BELLOW

A,YOUR NAME................................

B,HOUSE ADDRESS.....................

C,PHONE NUMBER.......................

D,PERSONAL I.D............................

MAKE SURE THAT THIS FOUR INFORMATIONS ARE COMPLETTE AND YOU WILL NOW
DEMAND FOR YOUR ATM VISA CARD, THE SCRET CODE FOR YOUR CARD WILL BE
RELEASE BY THE REMITANCE DIRECTOR AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS $850,000.00
USD YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DEMAND FOR THE ATTARCHMENT OF YOUR FORMER
CHECK PAPER FOR PROVES, ALL THE DOCUMENTS ABOUT THIS FUND ARE COMPLETTE
YOU ARE ONLY TO CONTACT THEM AND DEMAND FOR THE CARD IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

HERE ARE THE REMITANCE DIRECTOR CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTACT PERSON JEFFERSON  MOORE

OFFICE E-MAIL(directorofremitance@excite.co.uk)

PERSONAL E-MAIL(jenkinsmoore01@yahoo.com)

PHONE NUMBER(+229-9752-9512)

TAKE NOTE THAT  YOUR CARD HAS BEEN ACTIVATED ON 6TH MARCH AND YOU CAN
BEGIN TO USE IT AS SOON AS YOU RECIEVES IT, ALL THE PROVE DOCUMENTS ARE
COMPLETTE.

SEC LARRY BENDO



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