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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: OFFICE MAIL <representativebenin@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ups.compcustomerse@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:50:55 +0530 (IST)
Subject: CONTACT UNITED POSTAL SERVICE COMPANY




Dear Friend:

I have Paid the fee for your Cheque Draft.but the manager of Continental Bank Benin told me thatbefore the check will get to you that it will expire.So i told him to cash $2.500,000.00 all the necessary arrangement of delivering the$2.500,000.00 in cash was made with UNITED
POSTAL SERVICE COMPANY.

Here is their information

ATTN: DR GODWIN MARTINS

TEl: : +229 98 980 667
EMAIL: ( ups.compcustomerse@hotmail.com )

Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you.

1.YOUR FULL NAME.
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR COUNTRY.
4.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
6.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE.

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid mistake on the delivery.I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them
again to avoid any mistake in the delivering including with your ID or Picture.Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive the package box
contains $2.5MILLION .

SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZSPACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01Note. The UNITED POSTAL SERVICE COMPANY don't know the contents of the Box.I registered it as a Box of an Africa cloths. They don't know it contents $2.5MILLION. don't let them know that is money that is in that package Box. Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Mr Nelson Coleman
Best Regards

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