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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: "Hon Mrs. Juliet Iwu" <consultoffice216@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Hon Mrs. Juliet Iwu" <deliverycentre@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 18:24:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED


Dear Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have written to you before without getting respond from you  and we believe that our previous mail did not get to you therefore we write you again. We are  contacting you concerning the release of your inheritance fund / Draft /Cheque /ATM Card which have  been delayed for transfer by some officials who claim to be in possession of your fund thereby extorting  money from you in one way or the other. Your Fund has finally been approved for transfer by the West  Africa Fund Monitoring Unit. Your fund will be transfer to you via ATM MasterCard which is cashable in any ATM machine or Bank anywhere in the world.

We hereby inform you that the ATM card worth US$15.5million US dollars has been credited in your favour as the first part payment of your inheritance fund which has been delayed by these officals who claim  to be in possession of your fund.Therefore you are warned to stop any further communication with anybody  concerning your inheritance fund.

Your fund to be released via MasterCard ATM in act to uphold the rule of law which we represent.You  have to reconfirm the information below for security reasons. And also be informed that delivery agent will leave this country as soon as you comply with (Courier)Company requirement, thereby paying the $185 for the Insurance Coverage Certificate.

Send them the following information of yours for the conclusion of your Atm Card shipment: 
DHL director,  Dr Oke Amosu,
Phone:+22964901616

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:
2. Delivery Address:
3 PHONE NUMBER:
4. CELL NUMBERS:
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:
6. SEX:
7. AGE:
8. OCCUPATION:
9. COUNTRY:
10. CITY:

11. COPY OF UR PASSPORT OR ID.

Therefore you have to stop contacting anybody or offices regards the check draft since I have authorized the bank to issue you an ATM CARD so that you can withdraw your funds to avoid any further problem. contact him once you received this email.

Thanks for your anticipation.

From Hon Mrs. Juliet Iwu

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