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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.GRACE CAMPBELL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gracecampbell1@mailbox.co.za>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 03:16:02 -0000
Subject: Contact Global Access Trust Courier Immediately For Your Package

Greetings,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your loaded VISA ATM CARD of $450.000.00 United States Dollars which you can withdraw the money in any VISA ATM MACHINE in any part of the world and the maximum you can withdraw a day is $1,000 but I did not hear from you since that time, Then I went and deposited the package with the GLOBAL ACCESS TRUST COURIER AND EXPRESS DELIVERY LAGOS, NIGERIA before I travelled out of the country.

What you have to do now is to contact the Global Access Trust Express Courier as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charges,Insurance fee and Clearance Certificate Fee of the ATM CARD showing that it is not a Drug Money nor to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country,

The only money you will send to the Courier company to deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is $115(One Hundred & Fifteen United States Dollars) only being their Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $115.00, I would have paid that but they refused because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact the Global Access Trust Express Courier Company now for the delivery of your ATM CARD package with this information bellow.

COURIER NAME:GLOBAL ACCESS TRUST COURIER .
CONTACT PERSON: MR. JACOB BROOKS
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: globalaccesstrustcourier@workmail.com

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full name, your current Postal address or your home address a nd direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivery and to 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 fee of $115 for their immediate action. You should also Let me know through email as soon as you receive your VISA ATM CARD.

As a matter of fact, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the VISA ATM CARD package of $450,000.00, you must contact them by indicating the code (2661428) to enable them deliver the ATM package as they have it in their record.

Once you receive it contact them,

MRS.GRACE CAMPBELL.

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