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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: Post Office <PostOffice@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: postofficenig@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:25:46 +0100
Subject: FROM POST OFFICE PLEASE GET BACK TO US



Nipost Corporate Headquarters
Mubarak Muse Gunar House
Plot 1279 Muhammad Bukharin Way
PMB 12537, Garik 900001
Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: +234-7035-199-559

Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday: Office Hours Monday to Sunday:

This is POST OFFICE Delivery Company of Nigeria, the management of this company,
wishes to inform you that, we received a parcel containing an ATM Master Card
valued $10.5million USD with some vital documents attached on it, for safety
delivery to your residential address in your country.

This parcel was brought to us this morning by the ATM Card payment office
Nigeria, with the below information’s, please reconfirm the below information,
to avoid delivery your ATM Master Card to wrong hand.


And it will only cost you th sum of $50 for the delivery of the ATM CARD because
the federal government has paid for the other expencise that occures including
the tax and the insurance that cover's it ,so all you have to do is to proced
to western union money transfer and send the mony for the delivery fee only $50
to the cashier's name

Reciver's Name:..........Okon Jude
contry:....Nigeria
Text question:......when
text answer:............today
amount:.................$50
MTCN:....................



Full names......
Parcel owner address....
Tel....

We will register your package and send you the tracking numbers before we
proceed for safety delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm the
required information’s for safety delivery.

POST OFFICE is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that
revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 30 years,
we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies as POST OFFICE
that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.

Waiting to read your e-mail(postofficenig@gmail.com)

Yours affectionately.

Mr Chris Obi
NIGERIA POST OFFICE ,
Nipost Corporate Headquarters
Mubarak Muse Gunar House
Plot 1279 Muhammad Bukharin Way
PMB 12537, Garik 900001
Abuja, Nigeri

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