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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: "PAYMENT RELEASE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <delivery309@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:53:38 +0800
Subject: YEAR AUDITING , DRAFT IS READY FOR DELIVERY IMMEDIATELY

YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT INVOICE NO: CW203116694

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT AFTER THE LAST AUDITING IN RESERVE BANK OF INDIA HEAD OFFICE IN MUMBAI WE NOTED THAT RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) CORRESPONDENT DID NOT RELEASE/ TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

WE ARE SINCERELY SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCES THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSE TO YOU BECAUSE OF POLICY IMPOSE ON THE HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TRANSFERRING TO PERSON/PERSONS ACCOUNT AND PROCEDURE IS NOT ALLOWING FOREIGN MONEY /TRANSFER DIRECTLY TO PERSONAL ACCOUNT.

WE HAVE PREPARED YOUR DRAFT OF (500,000,00 POUNDS) IN YOUR NAME AND WILL SEND IT TO YOU THROUGH COURIER SERVICE TO YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS IN INDIA AND THE DRAFT WILL TAKE ONLY 3 WORKING DAYS TO CLEAR IN YOUR ACCOUNT.

THEREFORE, YOUR ARE ADVISE TO RECONFIRM YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE COURIER SERVICE TO CONTACT YOU FOR THE DELIVERING OF YOUR PARCEL TO YOUR HOUSE.

NOTE THAT YOUR DELIVERY CHARGES RS:6300INR MUST BE PAID BEFORE DELIVERY SO THAT THE COURIER SERVICE AGENT WILL USE IT FOR EXPENSES.

NAME: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CONTACT ADDRESS: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _
MOBILE PHONE NO. : _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
AGE: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _


NOTE THAT YOU WILL BEAR THE COST OF SENDING THIS PARCEL TO YOU WHICH WILL NOT COST YOU MUCH ONLY (RS: 6,300.INR)ONLY FOR THE COURIER SERVICE CHARGES AND YOU ARE ADVISE TO CONTACT THE AGENT ON THIS EMAIL FOR THE PAYMENT:d-delivery1@hotmail.com



YOU ARE ADVISE TO INTIMATE US IMMEDIATELY TO PROVIDE YOU THE ACCOUNT DETAILS TO DEPOSIT FOR THE DELIVER OF YOUR DRAFT.AND DON’T REPLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO RECEIVED THE DRAFT.

THOMAS JOHNSON,
AUDITOR GENERAL
OUTSTANDING TRANSFER UNIT
COPY TO EMAIL: d-delivery1@hotmail.com

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