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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: "MM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paymenitprocessing7@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 02:45:18 +0100
Subject: We have reviewed all the obstacles

We have reviewed all the obstacles and problems surrounding the transfer of your (($2.7 Million) Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars and your inability to meet up with some charges levied against you due to the past transfer options, we the Board of Directors, Bank Of Africa (BOA) has ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit to issue you a VISA CARD where your payment will be uploaded. Today, we got the notice that your Payment has been uploaded into this VISA CARD and also have registered it with Sky Express Courier Service. For your information, the delivery charges have been paid and they are supposed to have shipped your packaged (ATM CARD) but they insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current delivery address to ensure accurate Delivery.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: Due to the content of the package, Sky Express mandated that before your package will be shipped, a Stamp Duty MUST be procured according to the New Shipping Creed and the essence of such Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery and the amount is $121. When this is done, Sky Express will issue you with the tracking numbers for your package before the shipping commences Therefore reconfirm your current delivery address. Do not forget that this $121 is all that you should send to them, the rest of the fees have been paid.

1. Your full name:
2. Your physical address
3. Your house phone:
4. Your cell phone:
Sky-Express Courier and Delivery Company
Email :( inquirysection02@outlook.com )

Finally, for security reasons and considering the huge amount the ATM Visa Card contains, the Package was coded thus,

Registration Ref: Skyex/atm/100. Tracking Number (To be issued by Sky Express Courier when the Stamp Duty Fee is paid)
Please hurry now as your package might incur demurrage if it stays more than 3 days with Sky-Express

Thanks,

Dr. Betrend Mondo

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