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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: Susanna lennar <silvio.giacchetta@alice.it>
Reply-To: moo.fran1975@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:24:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOUR {consignment box} DELIVERY ORDER

THIS IS TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR ON GOING MASS DELIVERY WILL COME TO AN END ON
18TH APRIL 2014 AND WE WISH TO DELIVER ALL THE OLD DEPOSIT PACKAGES, TAKE NOTE
THAT YOUR {consignment box} OF $7.5 USD WITH REG XQD7819-SC IS HERE FOR VERY
LONG TIME NOW, THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN MANDATED FOR URGENT MASS DELIVERY AND YOU
COULD BE AMONG THE LUCKY ONES WITH JUST $55.00 FEE, URGENTLY CONTACT THE MASS
DELIVERY DIRECTOR WITH YOUR MASS DELIVERY PAYMENT INFORMATION.

HERE IS THE RECEIVER INFO

Receiver Name EMMA IWUNO
Country.:Benin Republic
City..:Cotonou
Question.: WHEN?
Answer.: TODAY
Amount......$55.00usd
MTCN:

REMEMBER TO INDICATE YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER,HOUSE ADDRESS AND YOUR PACKAGE
NUMBER TO THE OFFICE FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION AND DELIVERY, YOU HAVE ALL THE
RIGHT TO DEMAND FOR YOUR DELIVERY DATE AND TIME AFTER YOU HAVE SENT THE FEE
$55.00.

NOTE THIS PLEASE >>IF YOU RECEIVES THIS MASSAGE AFTER 18th APRIL 2014 PLEASE DO
NOT SEND THE FEE AS THE THIS OFFER COMES TO AN END ON THAT DATE.

CONTACT Sir. Frank Moore
PHONE: +229 99182982

Thanks
Susanna lennar
Assistance Director

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