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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: "Dr Jake Powell" <info@payment.org.ng>
Reply-To: laurencegraig@live.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:02:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT THE FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY IMMEDIATELY!!!

Attn Beneficiary,

After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for the
Delivery fee of your $850,000,00 eight hundred and fifty thousand US
Dollars, as consignment
Box to EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY Because I would be traveling to
London and you can always reach me on my direct new London number
+447024074654 .

I would be gone on a visit to a friend and will not come back till July,
2011. I will want you to contact the EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY to
know when they will be delivering your consignment.

I have paid for the delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the only
fee you will have to pay them is the monthly demurrage fee which they
would pay the security department that are guarding your consignment since
the date of deposit.

But if you will be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged only
one month demurrage fee which will cost only US$120.00 So I urge you to
contact them as soon as you receive this email. And send the $120 through
Western Union Money Transfer to the manager.

MR. Graig Laurence,
EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY.
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
E-mail:laurencegraig@live.com
Tel: +234-704-181-7490

Try to contact him as soon as possible to avoid increase in demurrage fee.
I gave them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to him
again to avoid any mistakes in the delivery of your fund. Reconfirm below
information to the company.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address-------------------------
Home Telephone-----------------------
Office Telephone---------------------

Send the US$120.00 through western union money transfer with the following
information.

Receiver Name:Micheal Peter Shola
Address: 2B Emirate Building Lagos Nigeria.
Text Question:Colour
Answer: Blue
Amount: US$:120.00
Send MTCN # ……………….

Note: You are to contact the EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANYMANAGER via
This email: -- (laurencegraig@live.com) finally indicate this code: GM0081
when contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner of the $850
000.00 consignment trunk box deposited in the company. Do let me know as
soon as you receive your consignment and take a proper account of the
content, and see that it contains $850 000.00US Dollars.

Regards,
Dr Jake Powell.


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