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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. Gizelda Coetzee" <gizelda.coetzee0001@outlook.com>
Reply-To: deliverydesk@camelotsecuritycourier.com
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:51:05 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend Your Compensation

Dear Friend Your Compensation

Dear Friend

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your
consignment but i did not heard anything from you since then, I have
deposited the US$250,000.00 with the Camelot courier Express here in
Nigeria, because I traveled to Japan to see my boss and I will not
come back till Next year.

I have arranged with the FedEx Express to get your
US$250,000.00 to you this month and they will be coming to you with
the fund inside Brown portfolio, I would have deposited the fund with
Bank for transfer into your own account but the procedure of the Bank is
too much and they will require enough fee.
I drop your delivery details with the Camelot courier Express but I
would like you to re-confirm the information to them again so that there
will not be any mistake when coming with the fund. Send the below
information to the Camelot courier Express.

1 Full name:
2 Address:
3 Tel:
4 information to the Camelot courier Express. EMAIL: deliverydesk@camelotsecuritycourier.com

I want you to know that you have all right to declare how you want to
receive your fund, I would have prefer the fund to be transfer to you
but I make some searches about the Bank transfer and they told me
it will cost you the sum of US$1500 to transfer the US$250,000.00
into your account. But I have deposited the US$250,000.00 in cash to
the Camelot courier Express, below is the Camelot courier Express
contact. Dispatch Manger: Rev. Andrew Booysen, I have paid the delivery charges and
insurance fee to the Camelot courier Express.

The only Money that the Camelot courier Express will require from you
is $120 Dollars for demur-rage, if you can pay the $120 Dollars to them,
they will proceed and get the US$250,000.00 to you in your
Country. PS if you want to contact the Camelot courier Express, you are
to contact them with your portfolio code number which is (PPL111RSS)
and your address where you want them to deliver the cash to.You are to
pay the $120 to the Camelot courier Express to enable them to proceed
and get the cash to you, don't fail to resend your information to them.
For your own good,Camelot courieris one of the world's great success stories,
the start-up that revolutionized the delivery of packages.

Finally, Do not tell Camelot courier Express that what is inside the portfolio
is cash please.

Regards,

Mrs. Gizelda Coetzee

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