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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. Ellen Jennife" <md.purchase@onemed.co.id>
Reply-To: williams_keane@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:08:03 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON



--
Good day!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Conformable
Bank Draft/CHEQUE of $2.7million dollars but I did not hear from.
After waiting to hear from you and heard nothing from you,with the the
fact that the year is coming to end soon, I went to the bank to
confirm if the bank draft/cheque has expired or about to expire,then
i was told that you have a week grace to cash it.

What you have to do now is to contact TRESHOLD ALLIED SECURITIES an
affiliates of NICON INSURANCE COMPANY as soon as possible to claim
your cheque.

Once you contact the TRESHOLD ALLIED SECURITIES, you will be required
to provide your details as stated below for immediate delivery of your
cheque within 3working day.


Name in Full………………
Contact Address……………
Telephone Number…………

OPERATION MANAGER Name: MR. KEANE WILLIAMS
COMPANY'S NAME: TRESHOLD ALLIED SECURITIES
Email Address: treasholdalliedsecurities@gmail.com


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your details to them again as
stated above to avoid delivering to the wrong postal address.Note that
you will be required to pay the sum of $225 as security keeping fees
for the period of time it was with the security company. The fees also
covers your delivery and insurance,should there be damages on,during
or before delivery.

You are advised to ask for a tracking number that will be provided to
you after the payment , to enable you track your package over there
and know when it will get to your address.

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 $225 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Ellen Jennifer.

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