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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: "Ms. Joyln Happy" <am----n00017@att.net>
Reply-To: ing.joyln.happiness.ps0@bent.cc
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:02:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?WW91ciBDT1JQT1JBVEUgVklTQSBDQVJEIElOVk9JQ0UgUkVHTiBOwrDCsiB7?=
=?utf-8?B?RC1LTEVVQjExOX0hISEhISEhISEhISEh4oCP4oCP?=




Attention My Dearest One,

We wish to inform you that we have fixed all the logistic problem holding your unclaimed funds (USD$2,500,000.00) and your inability to meet up with some charges levied against you in the past transfers, We the Board of Directors, Banque du Africa (B.O.A) and GROUPE BANQUE ATLANTIQUE (G.B.A) Of Commercial Bank in Benin Republic has ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit to issue you a CORPORATE VISA CARD where your payment will be uploaded, and today we got notice that your Payment has been uploaded into this CORPORATE VISA CARD and also have registered it with DHL for delivery to you.

For your information, The delivery charges has been paid and they were supposed to have shipped your VISA CARD but they insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current delivery address to ensure accurate delivery.

MOST IMPORTANT: Due to the content of the package, DHL mandated that before your package will be shipped, Tax/Stamp Duty must be procured according to the New Customs working policy and the essence of such Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery and the amount is $98.00. Now you are to contact Dr. Milos Esa, the head dispatching department on below E-mail address today with your full details as enlisted.

1). Full Name:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2). Delivery Address:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3). Cell/Telephone #:_ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4). Country:_ _ _ _ _ _ _

Contact person: Director Milos Esa
E-mail: dr.milos.esa@inbox.ru
Direct Tel: +229-93 19 77 83 01

Thank you,

Ms. Joyln Happiness P.S.








ENGINEER JOYLN HAPINNESS P.S.
ENGINEER @ CONSTRUCTION PORTO - NOVO INC.
12/B CONSTRUCTION LAB. ST. VOUS PORTO - NOVO BJ
ENGR.JOYLN.HAPPINESS@ CONSTRUCTION.BJ.INC
ING.JOYLN.HAPPINESS.PS0@BENT.CC
ING.J.H.P.S@SIFY.COM
Cell: 00229-98-000-00-39
Fax: 00229-98-222-00-39

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