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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: "Glorry Jgnson" <glorryjohnson@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: goodluckthomas2536@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:11:45 +0600
Subject: GOOD NEWS MR/MRS




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Attention,

I am the president of Republic of Nigeria by name Dr. Good Luck Thomas am
still sending this message again and wish to urgently confirm from you if
actually you know Mr.Richard Sawyer who claims to be your business
associate /partner.Kindly reconfirm this application put in by Mr.Richard
Sawyer-he submitted the under listed address: #191 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 51108, USA information supposedly sent by you to receive
the BANK DRAFT CHECK on your behalf and he Instructed us that you are dead
and all relevant documentation/Information regarding your Bank Draft
Check,be changed to he as the beneficiary of the payment short-listed
among the foreign beneficiaries entitled to receive their Check.

After receiving many complaints that many was scammed through WESTERN
UNION, MONEY GRAM, BANK TRANSFER AND DELIVERY COURIER COMPANIES (atm cards
and consignment packages) including CHAMBERS as well, so i'm pleading with
all scammed citizens that anyone that has been scammed due to one reason
or the other and for anything would be compensated back and no matter your
country or continent, AFRICA, ASIA PACIFIC, ENGLAND, EUROPE, ETC. all
scammed person(s) would be compensated and would be sent their
compensation funds.

Furthermore, every client and beneficiaries would be send their
compensation fund sum of of $7,5 Million USD each. And this fund would be
sent to you through BANK DRAFT CHECK and it would be sent to you in form
of an executive enveloped sealed letter and there will nothing like any
delivery agent or courier company involved in this, perhaps, this letter
would be sent to you through POST OFFICE and would be sent directly to
your home address and P.O BOX.

We want you to follow your payment code which follow bellow,and whish is
given to you by the high court of Nigeria and the code is Be678FPN because
this code will ensure you and Alert you in any day you receive a scam
e-mail from this country. just forward everything to us we will send it to
the Nigeria presidency office attony to issue out email

Therefore, all beneficiaries is expected to send the below details for
fast procedure and immediate co-operation;
Full Name:
Home Address:
Country:
P.O. Box Address:
Postal Address:
Telephone Number:
Age and Sex:
Copy Of Your Int'l Passport/Drivers License
Contact Email:goodluckthomas2536@yahoo.fr
ContactTelephone Number:+2246983035

GO NOW AND MAKE THE PAYMENT WITH THE SAME PAYMENT INFORMATION BELOW
THROUGH MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER:

RECEIVER'S NAME:............PETER OGUEJIOFOR
COUNTRY: ............. NIGERIA
CITY:........................LAGOS
QUESTION: .................WHEN
ANSWER: . ..................NOW
MTCN NUMBER: ....?
AMOUNT TO BE SENT:....$39 ONLY .

Finally, all the scammed beneficiaries would be sent this compensation
fund of Seven million Five hundred Dollars and the only money that would
be involved in this would be the posting fee of $39 USD each and this
would be the only money that would be paid by the beneficiary of the funds
and that is all. Moreover, there will be no C.O.D in this stated method of
payment and every beneficiary has just from now till the 17/18 of
September 2014 to comply and correspond with this office respectively.

Your urgent and fast response is highly needed and would be highly
appreciated, so as to enable this issue to be settled once and for all.

His Excellency,
Dr. Good Luck Thomas
President of Republic Nigeria.

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