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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: "WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shippmentservice02@3mail.ie>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:27:19 -0700
Subject: your Bank Cheque

Attn: My Good Friend,

Good day, how are you today? I am writing to inform you that I have paid the delivery fee for your Bank Cheque. And I went to the bank to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire and Mrs. Gwen Abiola Oloke the Director of Financial UBA Bank told me that before the cheque will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the ($9,000,000.00 USD) Nine Million United States Dollar to cash payment to avoid losing this funds.However, all the necessary arrangement of delivering the ($9,000,000.00 USD) UNITED STATES DOLLARS in cash was made with DHL Courier COMPANY Ltd here in Cotonou Benin Republic,Mrs. Gwen Abiola Oloke the Director of Financial UBA Bank Cotonou have to package the sum of ($9,000,000.00 USD) in cash for me. Then he also agreed to help me to Register the Consignment with DHL Courier
COMPANY. In-fact I thank God very much for all the movement I made,every thing goes Successfully. As for our agreement with the DHL Courier COMPANY they promised that your consignment will leave this Country this week,once they received your full information to enable them meet up with you immediately the Diplomat Agent arrived to your Country.Please write a letter of application to the given address below.

ATTN: DR.KINN CHI BOBOO
EMAIL: shippmentservice02@3mail.ie
Tel: +22968995713
Please, Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they
need from you.

1. YOUR FULL NAME.
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR COUNTRY
4.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
6.OCCUPATION
7.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE.
8.YOUR AGE

Note.The DHL Courier COMPANY don't know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX contains an Africa cloths. They don't know it contains money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. don't let them know that is money that is in that Box
.I am waiting for your urgent response. You can even call the Director of DHL CourierCOMPANY with this line: +22968995713
Thanks and Remain Blessed,
Best Regards,
Mr.Chuks Okoh

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