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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: "Mrs.Jackman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dhlexpress87@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 16:11:38 -0700
Subject: From Mrs. Emilly Olivier Jackman..???

My Dear,
 
I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have
never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose
you amongst the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot
say why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I saw your profile on
the Internet, which has made me accomplish my request. May the almighty
God bless and see you through with this mission if you can carefully read
and digest the message below.
 
Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography,I am
Mother Emilly Olivier, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late
Sir Jackman Olivier who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September
1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see
site below for more information.
 
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
 
After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now
that I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life with my
family and loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my
business life, but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the
last days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for to the
less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family
members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband is not
alive today to do this with me and I am very weak and old now, hence I
have decided to do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband
and Presently,
 
I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and
to some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the
agreement between my late husband
 
and I to give aid to the deprived,we also agreed to render support to an
individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when we were
still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual we did
not knowand which we have not being able to know till date, the impact we
got from suchgesture made us to do same.
 
I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me
becauseI have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have
agreed uponbefore his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary
of our last WILL,irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I
need you to do me afavor by accepting our offer that will cost you
nothing.
 
I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of 5,800,000.00 United States
Dollars with DHL express to deliver to you, what you have to do now is to
contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will
deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.
 
I only made the deposit with your EMAIL ADDRESS and SECURITY KEEPING CODE
(SCT/0433/F) because I do not know your name and the address you would
want toreceive the parcel with. I couldn''''t find them on net while
browsing your profileif not I would have given it to DHL for immediate and
fast delivery of thisparcel to you.
 
For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance
Premiumand Clearance Certificate Fee of the cheque showing that it is not
a Drug Moneyor meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.You have
to contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE, NIGERIA now for the delivery of the
cheque with this information bellow;
 
CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Mark Ibe
Email :dhlexpress07@gmail.com
Telephone:    +234 8066507279
 
Again, you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance premium
andthe Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque because I have already paid
for them, the only money you are expected to pay is 240 United States
Dollars for the security keeping of the cheque so far.I would have paid
the fee but the company insisted that I should not because they don''''t
know when you will be contacting them and to avoid demurrage or further
cost.You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any
mistake on the Delivery.
 
Postal address;
Full Names:
Direct telephone number;
 
Below is the security keeping code: (SCT/0433/F) of the draft, you are to
also present it to them for verification before delivery.
 
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to
avoid any further delay and remember to ask them to provide you with the
method they wish to use in receiving their security keeping fee of 240
United States Dollars for their immediate action.
 
Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to
do is, When you get this fund, use ONLY 800.000.00 (Eight hundred thousand
United States Dollars) for your effort and USE THE REST OF THIS FUND FOR
CHARITY PORPOSE IN THE WAY IT WILL PLEASE HUMANITY.
 
Yours Faithfully
Mrs. Emilly Olivier Jackman

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