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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: "Dr. Andy Cole" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andycole@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 10:41:48 +0100
Subject: Re: Call me 619 3565 910.

Dr.Andy Cole
UK Diplomatic Personnel.
United Nation International Monetary Funds.
United Kingdom London.

Attn: Receiving beneficiary Sir,

I am UK Diplomat Dr.Andy Cole, working with the United Nations
International Monetary Funds Agency United Kingdom, I am contacting
you here at San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Diego, CA
92101, This is in respect of (2) two consignment boxes on your name
via email. I am writing to inform you about my arrival here at
sandiego airport just an hour now,i have being assigned by the West
Africa ECOWAS Presidency to make this delivery to you as compensation
for your lost funds through the African impostors. The British
Government released these boxes for delivery to their respective
beneficiaries, upon investigations conducted, Your Name was found
Tagged to this (2) two boxes as the Beneficiary/Receiver it is in this
regard that i was appointed to make delivery of your boxes after they
where released for delivery. I am contacting you now because you have
to pick me up, at your airport to your destination to complete my
delivery to you.

I have presented the delivery documents to the custom here in charge ,
I handed to all them and they are very much pleased with the paper’s I
presented but the only thing that is still keeping me here is the
airport delivery Tag which is not placed on the boxes, one of the
Airport Authority has advise that we get the delivery tag so that I
can exit the airport immediately and make my delivery successful. I
try to reason with them but they stated that delivery tag will cost
us just little cash only to get the two tag that will be placed on the
boxes at the airport here U.S.A California. The custom also stated
that the tag will enable me get to your house successfully without
any interference or Police problem.


I will need your information also to confirm with the information i
have on file of these boxes after which i will book flight to meet
with you in your closest airport of your destination, below are the
information requested off you.

1. Full Name:
2. Destination House Address:
3. Closest Airport to your destination:
4. Copy of your Drivers /passport for your identification:
5. Your direct Mobile Phone Number:
I will attached, a copy of my diplomatic passport for my
identification. I await your immediate response within 24 hours. Do
email my office immediately via (andycole@yahoo.cn)

Regards,
Dr.Andy Cole.
UK Diplomat
Diplomatic Agent

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