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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: "MRS GILL MARCUS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <appleexpresscourierdelivery@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:38:17 -0700
Subject: PICKUP YOUR GIFT PARCEL

Hello Dear

My name is Mrs Gill Marcus a citizen of South Africa, Maybe you have forgotten me,You are my formal business transaction partner for my late Husband funds that i want to transfer to your bank account in the past but it was unsuccessful.Therefore i later found another partner in the same country of yours which i was successful transferred the funds into his bank account and i am happy that it is successful and i was in Houston Texas USA for some days before we went to Panama on 14TH FEB for Valentine and i am living in panama-Republic of Panama with partner right now.

Mean while I Personally love being transparent and i decided to compensate you with something because of your pass effort which i bought some gift for you and they are listed: Four(4) iPhone 7 Plus/ Four(4) HP Laptops and one(1) Gold wrist watch with Five Hundred Thousand USDollars($500,000.00 USD) packaged together with the items mention above,Please i want you to bear it in mind that i didn't let the Apple Courier Express Delivery know that there are funds inside the package and i want you to be careful and do not disclose the content with them.

Therefore I have register the package with the Apple Courier Express Delivery and you are to contact them with the below details and also you will contact them with the Items Order Number: 0097775043 for identification of the package.

APPLE COURIER INC
Apple Courier Express Delivery
Address: 1547 Laird St Houston, TX 77008
Phone Number:+1 (281) 962 3920
Email:Applecourier.expressdelivery@usa.com
Contact Persons: MD Mr. Bernie Tshrer OR Supervisor: Mr James Lee

Please make sure that you contact the above company with your delivery details such as your full name/ Home address and your phone number and please do not disclose the content of the package to them.
Sincerely
Mrs Gill Marcus
You can reach me with my private email address: saaddlehead33@gmail.com and i normal check my mail every day.

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