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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: "POST OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <poffice079@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 02:25:11 -0700
Subject: POST OFFICE

MUBARAK MUSE GUNAR HOUSE
PLOT 1279 MUHAMMAD BUKHARIN WAY
PMB 12537, GARIK 900001
ABUJA, NIGERIA

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

CUSTOMERS SERVICE HOURS--MONDAY TO SATURDAY: OFFICE HOURS MONDAY TO SUNDAY:

THIS IS POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY OF NIGERIA, THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS COMPANY, WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT, WE RECEIVED A CEL CONTAINING AN ATM MASTER CARD VALUED $10.5MILLION USD WITH SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS ATTACHED ON IT, FOR SAFETY DELIVERY TO YOUR IDENTIAL ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY. THIS IS (PAYMENT OFFICE) I AM DIRECTED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATIONS IS OK. YOUR ATM CARD NUMBERS IS: 4848 4225 5159 6764,

THIS PARCEL WAS BROUGHT TO US THIS MORNING BY UNITED BANK OF AFRICA(UBA),WITH SOME INSTRUCTION FROM UNITED NATION AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF) WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION'S, PLEASE RECONFIRM THE BELOW INFORMATION, TO AVOID DELIVERY YOUR ATM MASTER CARD TO WRONG HAND.

FULL NAMES......
PARCEL OWNER ADDRESS....
TEL....

WE WILL REGISTER YOUR PACKAGE AND SEND YOU THE TRACKING NUMBERS BEFORE WE PRECEDE FOR SAFETY DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE AS SOON AS YOU RECONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION'S FOR SAFETY DELIVERY. POST OFFICE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SUCCESS STORIES, THE START-UP THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE DELIVERY OF PACKAGES AND INFORMATION. IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, WE'VE GROWN UP AND GROWN INTO A DIVERSE FAMILY OF POST OFFICE THAT'S BIGGER, STRONGER, BETTER THAN EVER.

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL ( poffice079@gmail.com )

YOURS AFFECTIONATELY.

MR CHRIS OBI

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