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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: "UPS COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC;PLC" <bendickson2011@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 05:22:02 -0700
Subject: FROM UPS COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC,

FROM UPS COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC, PORTO-NOVO Branch: Head
Office: 270 Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue Akpapka, Porto-Novo: Director, Swift
Atm Visa Card / Telex Dept. Our Ref:ICB /Republic Of Benin /998/16

Office Phone:(+229)99338054
Email: courierserviceup@inbox.ru


Your ATM Visa Card Was Discovered In my Office.

May 9, 2018

Attention:Customer.

Greetings,

I'm Dr; Ducking Benzzdickson, the new appointed Manager of ups
courierservice Office at Porto novo Benin Republic. I assumed this
office on 24th, April 2018. On going through the files of the previous
records of this office, I discovered that there are 12 parcels
containing ATM

cards each one attached with an email address of the owner on it. The
former appointee of this office (Mr.Pal Kim) failed to carry out the
delivery as it was instructed and programmed. Probably, one of his
reasons for not carrying out the delivery was because of your
Non-Compliance of Official Processes and Unbelief of the Reality of
Your Genuine Visa
Card.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was
deposited by Mr Mathew Peterson who died 6 months back as a manager of
Bank for Africa. On the statement he wrote on the list, he stated that
each of the aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$150,00 and
was supposed to transfer to you through his bank but due to your
unable to finish the process he uploaded the money to their ATM Visa
card and registered with ups office before he died.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of posting the 12 parcels through
our ups fast delivery to the 12 of you to your respective mailing
addresses.

Am also sending the same message of the same content to 12 of you that
own the 12 abandoned ATM CARDS each at the same time. If found in spam
folder, it could be due to your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So
move to your inbox before your reply.

I went to our head office at Cotonou Benin and reported the issue of
the discovered 12 ATM cards in my office and they verified it and gave
me the veto order to carry out the delivery immediately you reconfirm
your mailing address to this office in order for us to mail the ATM
CARD directly to you. Note, below information is officially needed for
the sending of the card through for ups courierservice new official
stamp.

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
A Copy of your I.D:

I will send your ATM Card once you update us with the above info and
you shall be given a tracking number, that is, the Track and Trace
number of your parcel once it is posted to your mailing address, so as
to enable you track your parcel to know exactly when it will arrive to
your mailing address.

Remain blessed as I'll be looking forward to receiving your immediate response.

Regards,
DR; Ducking Benzzdickson.
Office Phone:(+229)99338054
Email: courierserviceup@inbox.ru
New Manager ups Company Benin Republic

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