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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: samuelsodeh1@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:23:37 +0200
Subject: I HAVE PAID FOR DELIVERY TO YOUR ADDRESS


Dear Friend,
I have been waiting to hear from you in regards to the
draft of $800,000 but you did not reply all my recent emails.Well I have
deposited the Draft with Premier Securities here in Benin
Republic,
because I will be travelling to the Uk to see my boss and will not come
back
till next month end.
You have to contact Premier security Company
to know when they will deliver your package .I have paid for the
delivering charges
The only money you have to send to them is their
security keeping fee
which is $105 Us Dollars to received your
package.
This is their Contact Address Contact
ALI SESAY
Director
Premier Securities Benin Republic.

E-mail;(deliveryservice@msn.com )
Try to contact them with this
registration number PC0124475BN as soon as possible to avoid increasing
the
security keeping fee.I gave them your delivering address but you
have to
reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the
delivering.
Let me know as soon as you receive your Draft

Thanks,
Paul
Unbegrenzter Speicher, Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene
E-MailDomain
inkl.
http://office.freenet.de/dienste/emailoffice/produktuebersicht/power/mail/index.html


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