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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: recepcionista@mail.tgsa.com.ec (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:55:48 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: PLEASE CONTTACT THE I R S BANK

Attention:

We write to inform you that your package with No.-35461121, Allocation

No: 674699 Password No: 489336, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate

of Merit Payment No: 208, Released Code No: 9901; Immediate Telex

confirmation No:-0014678; Secret Code No: XWTN084. has been in Customs

facility custody waiting for resolutions of the clearance to further

the delivery to your delivery address by the delivery Agent who came

all the way from Africa.We have been waiting for you to contact us

regarding your consignment box which the agent suppose to deliver to

you which was on hold by USA Customs Department and they are requesting

for clearance certificate which will be obtain from the origination of

the consignment box before it will be released from the Customs to the

delivery agent to complete the delivery.

After the phone call we made on your behalf to the USA Customs

Authority and the Government of Benin Republic, it was resolved that

the delivery of your consignment to your address must be complete

within five (5) working days upon your compliance to our directives;

You should send the sum of $95.00 usd to obtain the needed

Ownership-clearance certificate from Benin Republic.

The clearance charges which was initially on the high price has been

cut down by the US Embassy in Benin Republic considering the poor

economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class

citizens to meet up with the clearance of their entitlement. We will

upon the confirmation of your clearing charge assign our Diplomat Agent

(Mr.ERIC BROWN) to travel to USA and collect your package and proceed

with the delivery.
Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon

contacting us to avoid delivery to wrong person after obtaining the

needed Ownership-clearance certificate from Benin Republic because that

is what the Customs here are waiting for .

1- Your Full Name:................
2- Your Delivery Address:............
3- Your Contact Telephone Number:........
4- Your Occupation:................
5- Your Identification (Passport or ID Card):.......

Once you notify us with the above information and the needed

Ownership-clearance certificate from Benin Republic, the USA Customs

will release your consignment to you and it will be delivered to you by

the agent, You can contact us with the following information,

Contact Person:Mr.Douglas Shulman
Email: (irs_servicesbank@yahoo.com)


You also advise to contact the delivery agent as well with the delivery

address of yours and his e-mail address is this below.

Name : Mr.David paulon
E-mail:(services1.bkuba@yahoo.com)

Note that you are expected to pay only $95.00 usd for

Ownership-clearance certificate and you are to pay it to Benin Republic

as the origination of the package in favor of Mr:EIDER DOUGLAS as our

accountant officer in Benin Republic Send the $95.00 usd through

western union once you receive this mail with the information below for

immediate release of your package,

Receivers Name:====Mr.EIDER DOUGLAS
Country/City:=======Benin Republic
Test Question:=======TRUST
Answer: ===========GOD
Amount:===========$95.00.00usd

Once you send the money to Benin Republic to this name , please try to

notify us with the MTCN so that we can contact Mr:EIDER DOUGLAS for

easy pick up and for immediate action on the release of your

Ownership-clearance certificate.
Note that any unclaimed consignment will be return to Benin Republic

Government after 5days.
So you are urgently advised to comply with our directives so that the

Customs will release your consignment.

Yours Sincerely
Mr:Douglas Shulman
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Service.

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