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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: "james collins" <xxccjjcc24@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jamzzlljj@jubii.dk
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:36:43 -0400
Subject: MAIL FROM MR JAMES COLLINS

DEAR MR/MA

CONFIDENTIAL

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME .I AM
MR JAMES COLLINS, I FORMERLY WORK WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,
PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT BEFORE I GET STROKE DURING THE NIGERIA BOMB
BLAST WHICH CAME UP 2 FEBRUARY, 2003.

HERE IS THE WEBSITE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm ,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

ALSO IT WAS DURING THIS BOMB BLAST I LOST MY DARLING WIFE WITH TWO CHILDREN
REMAIN ONE SON, DUE TO THIS MY SON THAT I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO SECURE
THIS FUNDS. BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT I RESIGN FROM THE BANK FOR A TREATMENT
WHICH I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT THOUGH COUNTRY SHORT LISTED DIRECTORY,I WANT YOU TO HELP
ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN OVERSEAS WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH
OUR CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS
$20,000,000.00 ALL IN $100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW
THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE.

ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS GIVE ME

YOUR MAILING ADDRESS
YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX

AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY , YOU WILL HAVE 30% AND 70% WILL BE
FOR ME .MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANYBODY. IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS
OKAY BY YOU ,YOU CAN E-MAIL ME AT: jamzzlljj@jubii.dk, FOR SECURITY REASONS.

OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME INCLUDING
SENDING OF THE KEYS TO THE BOXES TO YOU, NOTE: COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE
STRICTLY THROUGH E-MAIL FOR SECURITY REASONS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR JAMES COLLINS

IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL AND FEEL THAT YOU WILL ASSIST ME IN THIS
MATTER, SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS ON HOW TO GET THE CONSIGNMENT OF MONEY
DELIEVER TO YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR SINCERITY TOWARDS THIS MATTER.

REPLY ME ONLY ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL: jamzzlljj@jubii.dk

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