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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.INNOCENT DORIS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <poffice079@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 23:38:16 +0100
Subject: POST OFFICE



MUBARAK MUSE GUNAR HOUSE
PLOT 1279 MUHAMMAD BUKHARIN WAY
PMB 12537, GARIK 900001
ABUJA, NIGERIA
+2348033375127

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

CUSTOMERS SERVICE HOURS--MONDAY TO SATURDAY: OFFICE HOURS
MONDAY TO SUNDAY:

THIS IS POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY OF NIGERIA, THE MANAGEMENT
OF THIS COMPANY, WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT, WE RECEIVED A CEL
CONTAINING AN ATM MASTER CARD VALUED $10.5MILLION USD WITH SOME
VITAL DOCUMENTS ATTACHED ON IT, FOR SAFETY DELIVERY TO YOUR
ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY. THIS IS (PAYMENT OFFICE) I AM
DIRECTED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT VERIFICATION AND
CONFIRMATIONS IS OK.YOUR ATM CARD NUMBERS IS: 4848 4225 5159
6764,

THIS PARCEL WAS BROUGHT TO US THIS MORNING BY UNITED BANK OF
AFRICA(UBA),WITH SOME INSTRUCTION FROM UNITED NATION AND
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF) WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION'S,
PLEASE RECONFIRM THE BELOW INFORMATION, TO AVOID DELIVERY YOUR
TM MASTER CARD TO WRONG HAND.

FULL NAMES......
PARCEL OWNER ADDRESS....
TEL....

WE WILL REGISTER YOUR PACKAGE AND SEND YOU THE TRACKING NUMBERS
BEFORE WE PRECEDE FOR SAFETY DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE AS SOON
AS YOU RECONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION'S FOR SAFETY DELIVERY.
POST OFFICE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SUCCESS STORIES, THE
START-UP THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE DELIVERY OF PACKAGES AND
INFORMATION. IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, WE'VE GROWN UP AND GROWN
INTO A DIVERSE FAMILY OF POST OFFICE THAT'S BIGGER, STRONGER,
BETTER THAN EVER.

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL ( poffice079@gmail.com)

YOURS AFFECTIONATELY.

MR CHRIS OBI


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