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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. Jane Milne Robert" <jane.robert@rediff.com>
Reply-To: janerobert@london.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:35:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Contact DHL Express Immediately for Delivery of Cheque





Dear,



Good day to you and your family today.





I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never

met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you amongst


the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say why I have

chosen you but do not be worried for I come in   peace and
something very

positive is about to happen to your life right now and to the lives of others

through you if only you can carefully read and digest the message below. The

internet has made the world global villages where you can reach anybody you

have not met before.



Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am

Mother Jane Milne Robert, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Milne

Robert who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22

UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for

more information. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html



After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now that

I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life with my family

and loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my business life,


but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the last days of our

lives to donate half of what we have worked for to the less privilege and

charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family members and close

friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband is  not alive today to
do

this with me and  I am very weak and old now, hence  I have decided
to do this

philanthropic work on behalf of my late  husband and I.



Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes


and to some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the agreement


between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to

render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact


when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an

individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date,

the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.



I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because


I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon

before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last

WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me


a favour by accepting our offer that will cost you nothing.







I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of 5,800,000.00  British
Pound

with DHL Express to deliver to you, what you have to do now is to contact the

My Attorney  as soon as possible so that he can go the delivery company
to 

know  when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring
date.



For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance Premium

and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money


or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country



You have to contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your cheque


with this information below;





Contact Person: Mr. Alvin Brabin

Email: dhl-expressuk@live.com

Tel:  +44-702-405-9294



Again, you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance premium and

the Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque because I have already paid for

them, the only money you are expected to pay is 160 Great British Pounds for
the

security keeping of the cheque so far.



I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not because

they don't know when you will be contacting them and to avoid demurrage or

further cost.







You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake on the

Delivery.



Postal address;

Full Names:

Direct telephone number;



Below is the security keeping code: (FED/0433/SKC) of you draft, you are to

also present it to them for verification before delivery.



Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to

avoid any further delay and remember to ask them to provide you with the method


they wish to use in receiving their security keeping fee of 160 Great British
Pounds

for their immediate action.



Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to do

is to invest wisely with it and do the same good to someone’s life someday as

this is the only way this world would be a better community if we render

selfless services to one another.



Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing 
the

internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my  ranch,
at

this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries, all

further correspondence should be forwarded to the courier company for the

delivery of your cheque to you.



Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Jane Milne Robert



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