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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: "MR. JAMES JACKSON" <samuelwilling497@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kharald845@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:40:30 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

Good day,
How are you today? I am writing to inform you that I went to the
bank to confirm if the Cheque has expired or getting near to expire
and Mr.Mohamedi Laborta the Director of Financial Trust Bank told me
that before the cheque will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash your $10.5Million UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash
payment to avoid losting this funds.However, all the necessary
arrangement of delivering the $10.5Million UNITED STATES DOLLARS in
cash was made with DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE COMPANY , Mr.Mohamedi
Laborta the Director of Financial Trust Bank Cotonou have package the
sum of $10.5Million in cash for me. Then he also agreed to help me to
Register the Consignment with DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE COMPANY

Infact I thank God very much for all the movement I made, every thing
goes normally. As for our agreement with the DILOMAT COURIER SERVICE
COMPANY they promised that your consignment will leave this Country
any monment from now,But the Director of the DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE COMPANY said that they need your contacts informations to able
them meet up with you immediately they Company Diplomat Agent arrived
to your Country.

Please write a letter of application to the given address below.
NAMES (MR. JAMES JACKSON)
EMAIL:(kharald845@gmail.com )

Send them your contacts information to able them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
6.YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT
7.AGE

Please make sure you send this needed info’s to the Director General
of DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE COMPANY MR. JAMES JACKSON with the
address given to you. Note.The Diplomat Agent DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE COMPANY don’t know the contents of the Box. I registered it as
a BOX of an Africa cloths. They don’t know it contents money. this is
to avoid them delaying with the BOX. don’t let them know that is money
that is in that Box to avoid delaying with it. I am waiting for
your urgent response.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.

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