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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. linda Williams" <officefile151@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: tnt.service@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:32:48 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Contact TNT COMPANY SERVICE?


 
 

Attn: ATM Beneficiary
 
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  $1.5,MUSD 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 $30 per day. I deposited it TODAY - August 05, 2011.

Contact them today to avoid increase of their keeping fees.
Contact Person: Dr, REV DR.MICHAEL JOSEPH,
TNT Delivery Service Company
Email:tnt.service@yahoo.com.hk 
Telephone No: +229 99 37 52 40
You are to reconfirm and provide them your Delivery address below.
Your full name.........
Your country............
Your postal address.....
Your direct phone.......
Note that i paid the delivery fee and the only fee you will pay is $30 per day for their office keeping fee. send the fee through western union or money gram to the cashier’s name below and forward the payment information to the Company  email:(tnt.service@yahoo.com.hk) for immediate Delivery of your ATM.
 
Country.....Benin Republic
Senders Names.......
Receiver Nam___ Udoji Peter Ojiorfor
Country___Benin Republic
Test Question___30
Answer___only
Amount__________$30
MTCN------------
Note: that every claim has an expiring period of fourteen working days (14days) so you have to send this fee so that your ATM will be Delivered to you urgently to avoid expiration,
Here is the tracking Number of your Card
#5544 32421
www.tnt.com
Understand that it will not track now due to your Card is not yet on the Shipment.
Thanks Your
Best Regard
Mrs. linda Williams
 

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