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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: NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOREIGN DEPARTMENT <chukwu@bol.com.br>
Reply-To: <ups_deliverycompany@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:31:44 +0000
Subject: your draft/cheque worth ($15 .5million) U.S.D


Attention beneficiary;

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank
Draft
but did not hear from you since that time. I went to the bank to
confirm
whether the draft is getting close to expire and the director of the
bank told
me that before the draft will get to your address that it will expire.
Then I
told him to help me and cash the cashier bank draft of ($ 15.5 million)
, Us
Dollars to cash payment.

We have cashed your draft/cheque worth ($15 .5million) U.S.D your
overdue
payments, due to the expiry. The money has been packaged and sealed
with UPS
label on Trunk Box to ensure the safety of the content and deposited
with
shipment of UPS courier service to deliver to you to avoid another hoax
as you
were disappointed in the past. So you’re requested to contact the UPS
with your
delivery address and your telephone numbers for the delivery of your
package
contain $15.5 million U.S.D. Below is their contact information.

But remember that the delivery charge has been paid but I did not pay
their
official keeping fees since they refused. Because, the Reasons they
refusal is
that they do not know when you will contact them. So try and contact
them
immediately to avoid delay with the bellow information's. And ask them
the
amount of t he security keeping fee. And don't hesitate to comply with
them.

Rev Ewele; Director General
UPS Delivery Company Benin Republic.
Contact E-mail address :(ups_deliverycompany@ymail.com)
Tel Fax Phone +229-983-44-889

Here is the information needed to deliver your package box.

1)Your Full Name_____
2)Your Home Address_____
3)Your Occupation____
4)Your Telephone Number______
5)A Copy Of Your Picture____
6)Your Country_____
7)Your Closet Airport_______

Always remember to address the box as church evangelism Items because
the
Courier Company does not know the really content of the package. Let me
know
once you receive the package so that we can Share the joy together.

Your's Sincerely
Dr Chukwu Emma,
National Coordinator Foreign Payment.


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