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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: "STEPHEN POWERS IFE-ADIGO" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 01:42:58 +0800
Subject: Re: Your Breakthrough Is Finally Here.

I AM PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE ARRIVED YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE WITH YOUR PACKAGE WHICH I WAS MANDATED TO DELIVER TO YOU IN YOUR HOUSE. I ARRIVED YOUR COUNTRY FEW DAYS AGO FOR AN OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF HANDING YOUR PACKAGE ($7.5M) TO YOU WITHOUT DELAY.

I AM ALSO AWARE OF THE TROUBLES YOU HAD IN THE PAST WHILE TRYING TO RECEIVE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS. THE FUNDS IS SEALED AND WELL ARRANGED IN A HUGE CONSIGNMENT AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED SECRET PACKAGES IN THE PAST. DIPLOMATIC LAWS CHANGES EVERYDAY TO SUIT THE SECURITY SYSTEM OF A PARTICULAR COUNTRY/STATE.

I SHALL BE CONCLUDING MY OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT ON TUESDAY AND THEREFORE USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE TO YOU WITHOUT DELAY. I WAS GIVEN FEW WEEKS (TUESDAY 14TH JULY --TUESDAY 4TH AUGUST 2015) TO DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE TO YOU AND RETURN BACK TO DUTY. DUE TO THE HICCUPS THAT HINDERED THE DELIVERY IN THE PAST, I HAVE BEEN WARNED TO KEEP MY WHEREABOUTS IN YOUR COUNTRY A SECRET UNTIL THE PACKAGE IS DELIVERED AND I DO EXPECT YOU TO KEEP EVERYTHING TO YOURSELF TO AVOID EYEBROW.

HOWEVER, AS A DIPLOMAT WITH A VERY GOOD REPUTATION, I DO NOT WANT TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING THAT WILL HINDER THIS DELIVERY AND AS SUCH I HAVE MADE INQUIRIES ABOUT THE DELIVERY FROM ALL NECESSARY SECURITY OPERATIVES IN YOUR COUNTRY AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE ASSURANCE THAT NOTHING UNDER THE SUN WILL STOP ME FROM DELIVERING YOUR PACKAGE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER I PRESENT THE FUNDS ALLOCATION CERTIFICATE (F.A.C).

AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE PACKAGE IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THE FUNDS ALLOCATION CERTIFICATE (F.A.C) AND THE COST OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATION CERTIFICATE (F.A.C) IS $99 AND MUST BE SENT VIA MONEY-GRAM WITH THE INFORMATION STATED BELOW IMMEDIATELY:

RECEIVERS NAME: JAMES DAVID

ADDRESS: 101 MAJEKODUMI STREET, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

TEST QUESTION: FINALLY?

ANSWER: DONE

THE PAYMENT DETAILS SUCH AS SENDERS NAME, ADDRESS, DIRECT TELEPHONE/MOBILE NUMBER AND REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE FORWARDED TO ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER MAKING THE PAYMENT.

I SHALL BE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DELIVERY STRESS-FREE

STEPHEN POWERS IFE-ADIGO

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