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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: "West-Africa Delivery Center Courier" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wu_center0@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:12:12 -0400
Subject: YOUR HONESTY PAYMENT IS READY TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU!!

YOUR HONESTY PAYMENT IS READY TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU!!
 
FROM;THE CREDITS AND BILLS LIQUIDATION OF C.B.N AND BCEAO.
 
Message  Codes;;00/cbn/bceao/002219//2012
 
 
May I use this juncture to notify you that new Government have Paid the bills which was the cause of the delay of your Payments, and the Managements of CBN and BCEAO has put your funds into a foreign draft,and find out that before the Draft will reach you it may get expired due to the unreliability of the corrupted postal service here, and we decided to convert the Draft into Cash, (Boxed Money) the sum of $8.800,000.00 so to deliver it to you in Cash on your Personal receipt at your DESTINATION in your country.
 
We which to deliver your Payment through this system to avoid another stress of K.T.T and so on all the necessary arrangements of delivering the $8.800,000.00 in cash to you has been made with WEST-AFRICA UNION DELIVERY CENTER, you have to get in touch with WEST-AFRICA UNION DELIVERY CENTER via email or telephone immediately.
 
Below are their contacts
 
Contact Person In-charge : Mr. Lyd Brown (Supervisor of West-Africa Delivery Center Courier)
EMAIL: (  wu_center0@yahoo.co.jp )
 
Please Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrive in your country with your CONSIGNMENT .
 
* Full Names.................
* Address. (not P.O.Box)..............
* City..................
* State.................
* Postal Code...........
* Phone.................
* Email................
* Age...................
* Occupation......
* Marital Status....
* Sex........
* Nearest Airport...................
* Country....................... ....
 
Note... The WEST-AFRICA UNION DELIVERY CENTER has the contents of your delivery, it was a Special Registered - as a box of FAMILY TREASURES.
 
Once-more ? Kindly do go ahead and contact them and please request for the TAG of the said FORCE OF NATURE from the W.E.D.C, this is to avoid repeating delaying or Mischiefing with your Payments by any Governments agent while on transit. so be very confidential, and so let it be.
 
CHEERS ,
 
DR SAMUEL SODEH.
PAYMASTER OF C.B.N & BCEAO CREDITS AND BILLS.
 
N/B: DO CONTACT MR. LYD BROWN OF (W.A.U.D.C) VIA HIS EMAIL ADDRESS  (  wu_center0@yahoo.co.jp ) IN REGARDS ON HOW YOUR CONSIGNMENT PACKAGE WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU VIA YOUR MAILING ADDRESS OK.
 
 
 

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