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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: INTERPOL POLICE UNIT <mini731031@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: scarletcompany86@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:32:41 +0800 (CST)
Subject: WE HAVE DEPOSITED YOUR FUNDS WITH SCARLET COMPANY FOR DELIVERY






 
Attention To The Owner Of This Email Address
You are welcome to desk of Chief Hon,Monday James International Interpol Police Force Investigating Unit Benin Republic.
We are Working towards a corruption-free world by promoting and defending integrity, justice and the rule of law' Mission statement of
the International Anti-Corruption Academy.
 
We cover West African Countries.This is official notice to you that we have been mandated by His Excellency Mr. President Dr Thomas Boni Yayi to monitor and follow up your payment of One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
$1.5Million with western union Benin Republic this 2012.And we are here to inform you that we have meeting today with His Excellency Mr. President Dr Thomas Boni Yayi and the other officials who knows about your payment and the meeting was to inform them about your delaying regarding the receiving of your $1.5 Million and they said that we should meet the Western Union for them to release the funds to us so that we can send it to you through diplomatic way and we have arranged with Scarlet Courier Delivery Company for the delivery and now your funds is with them and what is needed is your reconfirmation information to avoid any wrong delivery .
 
YOUR FULL NAME.............
HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS..................
TELEPHONE NUMBERS..............
CITY.............................
ARRIVING AIRPORT.......
 
And please bear in mind that the funds is with them now and you don't need to delay to contact them and they will also give you your
registeration code number to you direct because we don't want to know it .
SCARLET COURIER COMPANY
E-mail --- scarletcompany86@yahoo.fr
Contact Person----Mr. William Smith.
Telephone----+229 98914872
 
The money you will pay to them is $85 for there security fee and we did not pay it because they have sealled the package and we can not
open it in there present because they don't surpose to know what the content of package is because we trusted no body now.

And again the instruction His Excellency Mr. President Dr Thomas Boni Yayi passed to us to inform you is that the package will be claiming
back within three days if you delay to contact the SCARLET COURIER COMPANY E-mail --- scarletcompany86@yahoo.fr
 
Receiver Name....... Gabriel Eze C.
City..........Cotonou
Country.:Benin Republic
Question.:Receiver Country?
Answer.:Benin Republic
Amount..............$85
MTCN.....................
 
Yours Faithfully
Chief Hon,Jeff Robert Carl
E- mail (interpolpoliceunit@atlantisgoose.com )
Tel. +229-67359342
Inspector General of fraud International Interpol Police Force Unity.

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