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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: AMBASSADOR JAMES KNIGHT <missmireille33@gmail.com>
Reply-To: AMBASSADOR JAMES KNIGHT <jamesknight241@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:04:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTN: DEAR

ATTN: DEAR

AFTER AN OFFICIAL MEETING HELD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF BENIN AND
MINISTER OF FINANCE CONCERNING UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED INHERITANCE FUNDS
TO FOREIGN, JUST LIKE YOU, I WAS VERY MUCH ANNOYED WHEN I
FOUND OUT THAT YOU PAID MUCH MONEY YET YOU NEVER RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS AND
THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO HELP YOU.

I SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR AN OFFICIAL MEETING AND I WILL BE
BRINGING YOUR FUNDS OF $15.8 MILLION ALONG WITH ME THROUGH UNITED
STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO YOUR COUNTRY.BUT THIS TIME I WILL NOT GO
THROUGH CUSTOMS BECAUSE AS AN USA AMBASSADOR TO BENIN, I AM A USA
GOVERNMENT AGENT AND I HAVE THE VETO POWER TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS.JUST
LIKE I HELPED FOUR PERSONS ON MY LAST YEAR VISIT TO AFRICA TO RECEIVED
THEIR FUNDS THAT YEAR 2014/2015 THROUGH DHL COURIER SERVICE AND
 TNT
COURIER SERVICE.

TO PROVE YOU THE TRUE,YOU SHOULD TRACK THE BELOW TRACKING NUMBERS AND
SEE IT YOURSELF:AND AS SOON AS I AM THROUGH WITH THE MEETING I SHALL
THEN PROCEED TO YOUR HOME

1.TRACKING NO: 4133367523

YOUR INFORMATION MUST BE SEND FOR US FOR YOUR DELIVERING.
YOUR HOME ADDRESS
YOUR SELF PHONE NUMBER 
YOUR FULL NAME 


AMBASSADOR JAMES KNIGHT
Contact +229 688 08 991

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