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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: "UBA BANK" <lewis.mellisa@superposta.com>
Reply-To: drmsannaluis@mail.am
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 07:53:38 -0400
Subject: UBA BANK VISA CARD $5,950,000.00


Dr Mellisa Allen

Www: hom.dade.k12.fl.us
Director un, us uba
Affiliation Help Desk
hom.dade.k12.fl.us

Good Day.

The UNITED NATIONS IN Affiliation with UBA BANK have agreed to compensate you with the sum of US$5,950,000.00, for self support.This is regarding the draws he organized before he left the office to help individuals to own a self charity organization also for your to build your Personal Company/organization so as to help the less privileged children.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract, inheritance sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems and the World financial Crisis etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you.

I'm obliged to inform you that I have Paid the delivery fee of the ATM VISA CARD, for your self support, What you have to do now is to contact the TNT Express Courier ( hm7590@yahoo.com ) as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your visa CARD to you immediatey.For your information, I have paid for the delivery Charge.

The only money you will send to the TNT Diplomatic Courier to deliver your ATM VISA CARD direct to your Home Address in your country is US$115 only being Security Keeping Fee for the TNT Courier Service so far. I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of dumourrage on your Package with them.

Please write a letter of application to the given address below:

Company Name: TNT Diplomatic Courier
Manager. kessier Febian
Email: hm7590@yahoo.com
Email: tnt.tnt@mail.am
Tel: +229-99 85 73 20

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Contact details.
Your full names................
Your Contact address...........,
Your phone numbers............
Your Driver's Licence...........
Age, Occupation.....................
And the nearest local and international airport..., to avoid wrong delivery, they will issue you a delivery code#, to enable you track your consignment box and know when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $115.00 for their immediate action to deliver urgently. Note this.

We are sorry for the past inconvieneces

Regards,
Dr Mellisa Allen
Www: hom.dade.k12.fl.us

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