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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: Richard Williams <ricardo.campos575@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emiratecompany@excite.co.jp
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 04:29:43 +0100
Subject: YOUR SPEEDY RESPONSE NEEDED.

Dear Friend,

My name is Barr. Richard Williams. (Esq), I and my colleagues have
contacted you sometime ago to Assist us secure the release of some
money accrued from Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Contract Over Invoice at value of $18.50 Million US Dollars some years
back.

Though you were not able to assist us conclude the transaction
completely at the time today I'm very happy to inform you about our
success in getting those Funds transferred under the assistance and
cooperation of a new partner from Brazil.

Well I have been waiting for you since then to contact me for your
Compensation of $850.000.00 United States Dollars having started with
your Name as the beneficiary of the funds, but I did not hear from you
since that time. I had to go and deposit your compensation gift worth
$850.000.00 United States Dollars which is processed at Continental
National Bank (CNB) as an ATM Visa master Pay Card and the Parcel
Registered at Emirate Courier Company to deliver to you.

Listen carefully, I told the dispatch Director of Emirate in
confidence that this is ATM but did not tell him the Actual Amount in
the ATM Card to avoid you paying more Money for Anti Terrorism and
Money Laundering offenses And now am out of the country for 3 Months
Course at United Kingdom and will not come back till the end of August
2015.

What you have to do now as a matter of urgency is to contact the
Courier company Dispatch Director Mr. Lucas with below information as
soon as possible to know when and how long it will take them to
deliver your compensation package been the ATM card to you because Of
demur age/activation of the Card.

For your information, I have paid for the Delivering Charges and
Clearance Certificates Fee of the total Funds Processed in ATM card
showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorism
attack in any Country across the World.

The only money you will send to the Courier company dispatch Director
to deliver your package directly to your postal Address in your
country is ($95US) Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of your
package. Again, do not be deceived by anybody to pay any additional
money except $95US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no
because they do not know when you will be contacting them to avoid
incurring more demur age costs.

You have To contact the Courier company dispatch Director now for the
delivery of your Atm Card on the below information; Once you send the
payment today i will get back to you in next 25 minutes after your
Transfer is Updated with the dispatching information such as the
tracking number and parcel code immediately , so I advice you contact
and ask them give you their direction to send the fee.

Contact Person: Austin Lucas
Company's Email Address; (emirate.courier@yahoo.com)
Dispatch Director;Austin Lucas
Telephone: +234-803-6126-158

Finally, make sure that you re-confirm your Current Postal address.....
Direct Telephone number....................................................
And a copy of your Inter.passport/Driver's License

As required to avoid any mistake in Delivery and Ask them to give you
the tracking number after you might have paid the security keeping fee
to them and the parcel dispatched to enable you track your Package
on-line and know where and when it will get to your address. I Repeat
again; try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid
any further delay and remember to pay their Security Keeping Fee which
is $95US Dollars only for their immediate action.

Note;That you should also let me know through email as soon as you
receive your ATM Card for me to give you the access pin code for
withdrawal therein.

Yours Faithfully,

Barr. Richard Williams (Esq)

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