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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: " Mr.JAMES LORD " <ofice060@tim.it>
Reply-To: mrjerrydaniel@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:16:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: NOTE THIS IS YOUR PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442:

NOTE THIS IS YOUR PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442: I want
to acknowledge you that we have finally succeeded in getting your ATM CARD
worth's of $10.5million out of (ECOWAS) Economic Community of West African
States
department with the help of Mr. James George Attorney General of Federal High
Court of Justice Benin Republic which act as your foreign Attorney
representative here in Benin Republic.

Meanwhile every necessary arrangement has been made successfully with the
Agent
mrdevidmusa for the delivery of your ATM CARD and every Document guiding your
delivery is well updated so you are advised to reconfirm your full delivery
information to the Agent mrdevidmusa right now as he is currently at ORLANDO
International Airport with your ATM CARD. He has already
called me with his number on his arrival 4hours ago.

He is waiting to hear from you today with the information.
The Diplomatic agent Mr. Jerry Daniel does not know that the content of the
ATM
CARD is $10.5Million and on no circumstances should you let him know the
content.
The consignments were moved from here as India Cloths, so never allow him to
open
the box on OK.

He is waiting to hear from you today with the information,
So you are advice to reconfirm your full delivery information to the diplomat
more you are advice to be very fast as the Agent mrdevidmusa has no time
to waste due to his flight ticket. So the Information you are required to
reconfirm to the Agent mrdevidmusa is as Follow.

(1)Your Full Name...........................
(2)Mobile Phone Number......................
(3)Current Home Address.....................
(4)Fax Number.............................
(5)Country.......................
(6)City..........................
(7)Nearest Airport.........................
(8)Passport/Drivers license..................
(9)your Occupation.....................

Kindly contact him and the Contact person,
Name DIPLOMATIC AGENT mrdevidmusa
CALL OR TEXT +1(854) 777-2491 Best
(mrjerrydaniel@yahoo.com)
So contact him to deliver your ATM CARD first thing tomorrow
morning possibly today,

Make sure the bellow stated codes are identified when
contacting him and the content of the box should not be
revealed for his does not know the content as it's a VIP Delivery dispatched
directly from my office and the director of the Company

SHIPMENT CODE AWB33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCT/BUN/XXIV/-78/01

SINCERELY
Mr.JAMES LORD
CALL ME AFTER GOING THROUGH THE EMAIL +229 66565547 The
Director of UPS
Courier Company Benin Republic.

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