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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 Ngarangi Collier <ngarangi.collier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 21:53:46 -0700
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATION TO YOU MY FRIEND.

Attention My Friend,

Good day to you my dear friend, and how are you doing today hope fine
and hope everything is moving very well with you, my name is Mr
Ngarangi Collier, i am writing to inform you about the delivery of
your Compensation Draft Cheque which you must have forgotten about
since is a long time, but the manager of Eco Bank Ghana told me that
before the check will get to you that it will expire. So i told him to
cash the $2,200,000,00 USD so that it will be deliver to you in cash
all the necessary arrangement to deliver the fund in cash was made
with Mr George Williams.

Be inform that i have paid for all the requirement and necessary needs
for this shipment to be made even the shipment fee also has been paid
for, right now the only fee remaining is the security keeping fee as i
wanted to pay for this but the Director of the Company told me that
they can not accept it as they do not know when exactly you will be
coming for it and every single day that your package spend with them
accumulate money that is why they refuse my payment so try and
negotiate with them for your fund to be deliver to you immediately.
Also kindly let me know when you receive your fund, below is the
needed information to enable them deliver your fund to you
immediately.

Contact them with the information below.....

Contact Person: Mr George Williams
EMAIL: ( george.williams20012@hotmail.com )
TEL: +233 503-260-375

You Are To Forward The Following Information's To Them;

1. YOUR FULL NAME:.........
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS:......
3. YOUR MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER:........
4. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY CARD:.......
5. YOUR WORKING ADDRESS:........

Do let me know immediately you receive your package and have a nice
day my friend.

Best Regard
Mr Ngarangi Collier.

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