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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: Christiana Essien <christianaessien52@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: skylinecourier90@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:35:48 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Contact Courier Company Service Immediatley.......




Dear Friend



Greetings to you & your Family. I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Fund of $2,500,000.00 United States Dollars, but didn't hear from you since. Then i went and deposited your Fund with Skyline courier Company, before I traveled out of the country for a short Course and will not come back till the end of this year. What you have to do now is to contact Skyline courier Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Fund to you. For your information, I have paid for the delivering fee, The only money you will pay to courier & Security Company to deliver your Fund($2,500,000.00) direct to your postal Address in your country is ($115) only being their Stamp Duty Fee of the Courier Company so far.



Again, Do not be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $115, I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact Skyline courier Company now for the delivery of your Inheritance Fund($2,500,000.00) with this information bellow.



E-mail .......... ( skylinecourier90@yahoo.com )



Phone............ (+229)99511502



Reg. No.......... wwdsc/xxx/100



Below are the required information you will send to Skyline courier Company as soon as you contact them.



1) YOUR FULL NAMES

2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS

3) ATTACHMENT COPY OF INTERNATIONAL PASS PORT OR ID CARD

4) YOUR DIRECT CELLPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY



Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your home address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivery and Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this E-mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Stamp Duty fee of $115 for their immediate action. You should also Let me know through E-mail as soon as you receive your Bank Consignment Bag.



Note: Skyline courier Company does not know the contents of the Consignment Bag. I registered it as an African Cloths sending to a friend overseas. They do not know that the Bag contains such a huge amount of money, this is to avoid them tempering with the Bag. Do not let them know the contents of the Consignment Bag. I am waiting to hear the good news from you.



Regards,

Mark Devis

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