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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: Barrister James Cook <bo333@peoplepc.com>
Reply-To: Barrister James Cook <federalhighcourt@qi88.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:49:57 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: From Federal High Court of Nigeria

Attn Dear,

This is from Federal High Court of Nigeria i am please to notify you and your good family that your package box worth $8.5Million Usdollars Has be in this Federal High Court department Office Nigeria for long time now and your given 3three good days to claim your package by obtain the clearance certificate,

No package leave this country without the clearance certificate and the clearance certificate has be cut down to $69.00 so you should send the $69.00  to Federal high Court Office via Email:federalhighcourt@qi88.com for the shipping company to carry out the delivery of  your package to your given address

Below information is on how you can send the $69 through western union or moneygram:

Destination Country..................Nigeria
City.......................Lagos
Receiver Name............................ Ben Brandon
Address............Highway 6594. Lagos Nigeria
Amount....................$69
Text Question................... My
Answer.....................Belong
Sender Name.....................
Mtcn............................

Your urgent attention will be appreciated before the date given 3days pass
Thanks
Barrister James Cook
Federal High Court Of Nigeria Abuja

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