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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: "Ms. Arene Williams" <zzb05@e-lead.com.cn>
Reply-To: <JamesMcCurry@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:42:48 -0500
Subject: COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE

I am Ms. Arene Williams in household of Mary Perry, Civil District 15, Coffee, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821732. , am thinking of relocating since I am now very happy since I received my compensation payment through legal assistance of James McCurry (Esq) I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over US$140,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Kiev, Ukraine with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet James McCurry (Esq), who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am one of the happiest woman on earth because I have received my Compensation funds of $2,500,000.00 Moreover, James McCurry (Esq), showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact James McCurry (Esq).

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : James McCurry (Esq)
Email: JamesMcCurry@qq.com
Tel. +380 44 279 13 53

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met James McCurry (Esq) was just US$600 for the legal paper works, take note of that. The only money you are required to pay is only the sum of $600 for the legal documentation in a court of law.

As soon as you contact him he will send you the payment information which you are to use in sending the payment of US$600 to him in order to obtain the document from the court of law so that your fund can be transfer to you without any delay just the way mine was being transfered to me.

Send him the following details if you know you are ready to have your FUNDS so that as soon as he receive your information he will send to you the payment details for sending him the $600USD that is needed for him to get the document that is needed to make the transfer a successful one, and that is the only payment i made to James McCurry (Esq) and he helped me in the transferring of my FUNDS and i must say that you have to contact him so that he will help you the way he helped me to Get my FUNDS without any further payment from me.

Send your following information to James McCurry (Esq)

Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Occupation:.....................
Gender:.........
Age:..............


Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact James McCurry (Esq) so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.


Ms. Arene Williams.
Mary Perry, Civil District 15,
Coffee, Tennessee, United States

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