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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: "Rev. Pastor Kelvin Smith" <pastorkelvin233@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: pkelvinsmith@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:58:18 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend In The Lord, Skyline Security Company Immediately For Your
Package.

Dear Friend In The Lord

I greet you and your Family today in the name of the lord. I have been
waiting to hear from you over two months to contact me for your Bank Draft
Check of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State of American
Dollars ($1,500,000.00 Dollars), but didn’t hear from you. Then I went and
deposited your Bank Draft with Skyline Security Company for safe keeping
before I traveled out of the country for a short Course and will not be
coming back till end of next Month.

What you have to do now is to contact Skyline Security Company as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your Bank Draft to you because of
the expiring date.

For your information, i have paid for the delivering Charges; the only
money you will pay to the Security Company to deliver your Bank Draft Check
to your postal Address is ($108 Dollars) only being their Security Keeping
Fee.

Again, Do not be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $108
Dollars, I would have pay the security keeping fee but the Security Company
said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage. So, you have to contact Security Company now for the delivery of
your Bank Draft Check with their contact address below

Contact Person: Dr. Fred Folahan
E-mail Address: info.skylinebj@superposta.com
Registration No: wwdsc/xxx/100

Finally, make sure you also send them your Postal address and direct
telephone number to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and Let me repeat
again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any
further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $108
USD for their immediate action. You should also let me know through email
as soon as you receive your Bank Draft Check.

Note: Skyline Security Company does not know the contents of the parcel. I
registered it in the company as my photograph (pix) sending to a friend
overseas. They do not know that it contains a Bank Draft of such a huge
amount of money, this is to avoid them tempering with the package. Do not
let them know the contents of the parcel. I will be waiting to hear the
good news from you once you receive the package.

Remain Blessed
Rev. Pastor Kelvin Smith

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