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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: jamesmike <"www."@waltz.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: jamesmike <jamesmike0986@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:37:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear :Beneficiary,

Dhl Courier Service.
Tel: (+229) 99293922
E-mail: jamesmike0986@gmail.com
Director Dhl Courier Service.

Dear :Beneficiary,

I am writing to confirm the fact if you
are (DEAD) or (ALIVE) and failure to reply back in the next 24hrs simply
means
what Mr. jamesmike said was right that you are dead. Mr Jude Betsy has
agreed
to pay the needed charge fee valued of $250. dollars required for the
Bond
Stamp Duty Fee of your consignment box , but we have not gotten the money
from
him yet as we want to find out if you are DEAD or not,

so if you are still (ALIVE) you are
advice in your own best interest to reply back, The only money you will
pay to
our office here is just $250. for the paper works, Take note of this now,
so we
can stop further communication with Mr Jude Betsy and deliver the
(Consignment
Box) to your door step being the original benefactor of the $6.5 Million
US
Dollars.

Here is the information to use and send
the $250usd today.

Receivers Name===== mike eze
Country ===========Benin Republic
City===============Port-Novo
Amount=============$250USD


You must send us the details provided by
Money Gram immediately you made the payment of $75usd.

Senders Name=======
Sender Address======
Sender Country======
MTCN============
Amount sent========

Beside if you fail to comply with the
needed $250 Dollars required there is no way we can deliver the
consignment box to
your country. Looking forward to hear from you if you are still ALIVE,
reply
back for fast action so that your delivery will commence upon receipt of
your
payment.

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