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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: "MR TERRY BROWN"<terrybrown1000@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:56:02 -0700
Subject: DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE FROM MR.TERRY BROWN

DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE FROM MR.TERRY BROWN
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I am a Diplomat by name Terry Brown,mandated to deliver your inheritance to you in your country of residence.

The funds total is US$7.5 Million and you were made the beneficiary of these funds by a benefactor whose details will be revealed to you after handing over the funds to you in accordance with the Agreement I signed with the benefactor when he enlisted my assistance in delivering the funds to you.

We have done our due diligence and have confirmed that the package rightfully belongs to you and it is no threat to National Security. Consequently, we have agreed that the delivery of this package of yours be completed without further delay and has been mandated to be effected within 72 hours.

However, before the delivery is effected, we need you to reconfirm the following informations so that the funds will not be delivered to someone else.

1.Full Name
2.Residential Address
3.Age
4.Occupation
5.Direct Telephone Numbers

After verification of the information with what I have on file,I shall contact you so that we can make arrangements on the exact time I will be bringing your package to your residential address.

Send the requested information so that we can proceed.

Regards


Terry Brown.

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