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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: "William" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <expressdeliveringcompany@executivemail.co.za>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:36:32 -1200
Subject: Contact Express Delivery Company for your ATM LOADED CARD

Dear Unpaid Beneficiary

I have been waiting for you since to contact us for your loaded ATM CARD of $850.000.00 United States Dollars which we discussed but to no avail ,anywhere just want to inform you that your fund of $850,000,00USD has already loaded Side ATM Visa Card and you can withdraw the money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world and the maximum you can withdraw a day is $1,500,but I did not hard from you since that time ,Then i decided to deposited the package ATM CARD with Courier Express Delivering Company ,Accra, Ghana as I traveled out of the country for a short Course and I will not come back till end of May 2014.


What you have to do now is to contact the Courier Express Delivering company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of misplacement of your card. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charges,and You are advise to for their their legal Official Secret Keeping fee of $115USD for
the Courier company to deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country.


You have to contact the Courier Express Delivering Company manager for the delivery of your ATM CARD package with this information bellow.


HERE IS THE COURIER EXPRESS DELIVERING COMPANY INFORMATION'S.
COURIER NAME: COURIER EXPRESS DELIVERING COMPANY .
CONTACT PERSON: DR GEORGE KUFU
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: expressdeliveringcompany@executivemail.co.za



Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full name,your Postal address or your home address and direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fees of $115USD for their immediate action. As a matter of facts, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the ATM CARD package of $850,000.00,you must contact them by indicating the code (26613058) to enable them deliver the ATM package as they have it in their record.
Thanks and God Bless
Yours sincerely,
Mr.William Brown Director Foreign Remittance Department of Intercontital Bank of Ghana

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