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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: "CARD CENTER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benelawilliams02@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:50:01 +0100
Subject: RESERVED COMPENSATION: URGENT OFFICIAL ORDER

Dear Sir/Madam,

Having reviewed all scam cases, the federal government has agreed to compensate you as one of the 24 verified victims sequel to the Asia, Africa, Europe scammed list with a sum worth of (USD$2.5M) Two million, five hundred thousand Dollars. Our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit has been ordered to issue you a CORPORATE VISA CARD where your payment will be uploaded and also have registered it with the courier service for delivery to you immediately. For your information, The delivery charges have been paid and they were supposed to have shipped your packaged ATM CARD but they insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current delivery address to ensure accurate Delivery.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: Due to the content of the package, our nominated Courier Service Company mandated that before your package will be shipped, A Tax Stamp Duty MUST be procured according to the New Customs Law and the essence of such Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery. Therefore re-confirm your current delivery address as stated to the Courier Service Director via email Below:

cardcenter@fastservice.com

1) Full names:
2) Address:
3) Country:
4) Nationality:
5) Phone #:
6) Age:
7) Occupation:
8) Zip Code
9) Sex:

Please hurry now as your package might incur extra charges if it stays more than 3days with the Courier firm.

Regards

Mr. Benela Williams
Payment Coordinator
cardcenter@fastservice.com

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