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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: Mr Philip Oduoza <mr.phillipoduoza@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: seay_william192@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:18:27 +0800 (CST)
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE>>E-mail Or Call Your Diplomat Now Via>>315-307-0833


                                                    
                                             
                                                           Atention: Beneficiary


 We have finally succeeded in getting
your package worthy of $2.5million out of delivery your consignment with the
help of Dr David Don Attorney General of Federal High Court of Justice Benin
which act as your foreign Attorney representative here in Benin.

So every
necessary arrangement has been made successfully with the Agent Mr. Seay William
of your package and every Documents guiding your delivery is well updated so you
are advice to re-confirm your full delivery information to the Agent right now
as he is currently at John F. Kennedy International Airport New York with your
package, As he called me this morning to inform me that he misplaced your
delivery address which he has.

So you are advice to reconfirm your full
delivery information to the diplomat and call him with this number 315-307-0833
so as to have easy conversation with him and to enable you give him full
direction to get your package delivered to you and hand you over your package
safe and sound, Furthermore you are advice to be very fast as the Agent Mr. Seay
William has no time to waste due to his flight ticket,

So the Information
you are Required to Reconfirm to the Agent is as Follow.

(1)Your Full
Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home
Address========
(4)Fax Number================
(5)Country====================
(6)City======================
(7)Nearest Airport ==============as
he is at John F. Kennedy International Airport New York right now because of the
Searching and Scanning of the package which made him to misplace your address i
do not know
(8)A Copy of Your I D For Identification. attached
So contact
him via his email address,

Contact person,
Name- Agent Mr. Seay
William
E-mail Address (seay_william192@yahoo.com)
Contact number
315-307-0833

So contact him to deliver your package
first thing tomorrow morning possibly today, So get back to us immediately you
contact the Agent to make sure that your fund has getting to you without any
hitch,

Furthermore remember the Agent delivering the package does not
know the content of that consignment box is money, Because the Attorney which
represented you registered i t as a family value to avoid hitch during the
delivery so unknown circumstances should you let him know the content of that
consignment box is $2.5million to avoid lost of your fund as your Consignment
was Sign and Stamp by Federal Ministry of Justice to make sure that it is
protected until it gets to you.


Mr Philip OduOza.


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