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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: "Dr. Charles" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hispaoke1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 03:15:05 -0400
Subject: GM0081

GM0081

After waiting and no response was heard, I decided to deposit and also paid for the

Delivery fee of your $1.500 000.00 Million US Dollars, as consignment Diplomatic

Carriage Bag to Universal Courier & Diplomatic Company. Because I have be traveled to

London and you can always reach me on my direct new London number +447045747261.

I am on a visit to a friend and will not come back till,June 2013. I will want you to

contact the Universal Courier & Diplomatic Company to know when they will be delivering

your consignment.

I have paid for the delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the only fee you will

have to pay them is the Monthly Demurrage Fee which they would pay the security

department that are guarding your consignment since the date of deposit.

But if you will be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged only one month

demurrage fee which will cost only US$95.00 So I urge you to contact them as soon as

you receive this email. And send the $95 through Western Union Money Transfer or money

gram to the manager.

MR. OKE HISPA MANAGER,
UNIVERSAL COURIER AND DIPLOMATIC COMPANY.
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
E-mail: hispaoke1@gmail.com

Try to contact him as soon as possible to avoid increase in demurrage fee. I gave them

your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to him again to avoid any mistakes

in the delivery of your fund. Reconfirm below information to the company.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address-------------------------
Cell Phone --------------------------
Home Telephone-----------------------
Office Telephone---------------------

Send the US$95.00 through western union money transfer with the following information

and give him a call on +234-.8060954245.

Receiver Name: Oke Hispa
Address: 2B Universal Courier Building Lagos Nigeria.
Text Question: Color
Answer: Blue
Amount: US$:95.00
Send MTCN # ……………….

Note: You are to contact the UNIVERSAL COURIER AND DIPLOMATIC COMPANY via
This email: -- ( hispaoke1@gmail.com ) finally indicate this code: GM0081 when

contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner of the $1.500 000.00

consignment deposited in the company. Do let me know as soon as you receive your

consignment and take a proper account of the content, and see that it contains $1.500

000.00 Million US Dollars.

Regards,
Dr. Charles
drcharles07@live.com

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