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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: "MRS GRACE WILSON" <markjohn37@globomail.com>
Reply-To: spdcouriercompanltd9@globomail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:19:12 -0300 (ART)
Subject: ATTENTION,

ATTENTION,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your funds
but I did not heard from you since that time as we
fixed.Then I went and deposited the $1.500.000.00 Million USA Dollars,as
consignment box to SPEED COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY
in Benin Republic,because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA to visit my friend
and i will not come back till next month ending.
I want You to contact the SPEED COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY to know when
they will deliver your consignment box.I have paid for
the delivering charges The only money you have to pay them is the security
keeping fee to received your consignment box from them.

CONTACT PERSON;DR ANDY LORD DISTRICT
DIRECTOR GENERAL SPEED COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY BENIN
REPUBLIC. E-mail:( spdcouriercompanltd9@globomail.com )
CONTACT PHONE+229-99571490

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee. I gave them your address but you have
to reconfirm it to them again to avoid mistake in delivering your
consignment box to you. Reconfirm below information to the company.

Your Full Name------------
Your Address-----------
Home telephone------------
Office telephone--------------
Your pic--------------

Let me know as soon as you receive your consignment box Use this code
(GS008 )As your subject when contacting the SPEED
COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY to enable them identify you as the owner of the
consignment box with registration code (GS008)
which i registered with them and dont let them know that the content is
money because i told them that the box contained
african clothes and jewelries just for the protection of the money in the
box. May God bless you and your family.

Regards
MRS GRACE WILSON

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