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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. Jay Busby" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <waltzkennedy@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:34:03 +0800
Subject: Important Notification From The British High Commission

RITISH HIGH COMMISSION
Dangote House,
Aguyi Ironsi Street,
Maitama District Lagos, Nigeria.

Attention: Dear Scammed Victim.

The British High Commission in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana and Burkina, South Africa, Togo, Senegal In collaboration with UK (London) Anti-Crime Squad received a report of scam against you and other British/US citizens and Malaysia, etc. whom the country of Nigeria/Benin, Burkina, Ghana And UK (London) Anti-Crime Squad have re-compensate you due to the meeting been held together with Four countries Government and the world high commissions against fraud activities by the Four countries Citizens.

Your name was among those scammed as listed by the Nigeria Financial Intelligent Unit (NFIU). and a Compensation has been issued out through ATM DEBIT CARD to all the affected victims and has been already in distribution to all the bearers. Your ATM CARD was among those that were reported undelivered as at last Friday and we wish to advise you to seek to the instructions of the Committee to make sure you receive your own ATM CARD immediately for your usage.

NFIU further told us that the use of Nigeria Couriers and the Benin was abolished due to interception activities noticed in the above mentioned
courier services in Benin, Nigeria and Ghana and thereby have made a concrete arrangement with the a new delivery Company which is the DHL Courier Express for a safe delivery to your door-step once the beneficiary meets up the demand of the conveyance.

We advise that you do the needful to make sure the NFIU dispatches your recompense today as soon as you receive this E-mail. You are assured of the safety of your ATM CARD containing the sum of 800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand ) Great Britain Pounds and availability and be advised that you should stop further contacts with all the fake lawyers and security companies who in collaboration scammed you.

Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government of Nigeria, The United Nation and also including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is 0. DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $400
but because the DHL postal Service have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D. For international shipping, We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $400 to $200 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort! To effect the release of your fund valued at 800,00.00 GBP, you are advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer Hon. Waltz Kennedy with the information below;

DHL Courier Express.
Agent Contact Name: Rt. Hon. Waltz Kennedy
Company's Contact E-mail: waltzkennedy@yahoo.com

You are advised to contact and follow the advise of the UNITED PARCEL Delivery Company Agent with your full information below so that they can make arrangement on how to dispatch your ATM DEBIT CARD note you will be given your ATM CARD PIN. Information to forward are:

Full Names:
Current Home Address:
Country:
State:
Telephone Numbers:

Upon the receipt of your email we shall jet-out the ATM card together with
the pin details to your destination.

I look forward to your response!

In Service
Mrs. J. Busby (Secretary)

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