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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.JOHN Williams" <"www."@bronze.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.JOHN Williams" <dment8594@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 00:31:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: phone call or text me +1(515) 212-6509

I am the diplomat agent responsible for the delivery of your parcel. I
received your mailing while I have been in this airport for couple of days.
It's mandatory that the delivery of your package will take place today
because it has given me a lot of stress while I was told that it will take
me only 2 days. The way Your HOME LAND PORT SECURITIES inspects consignment
shipped out of French Country is not well pleased. I am having a little
problem here with HOMELAND SECURITY, intercepting the consignment with
regards to the DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY CLEARANCE PAPER which is delaying my
coming to the above address you supplied to make the delivery to you. They
persisted I must obtain the Diplomatic Immunity Clearance Paper before I
will be allow to connect my flight to your city,


the Airport authority demanded for all the legal back up to prove to them
that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud money I presented the
Clearance certificate, Yellow Tag and my American Gate Passing certificate
and they are very much pleased with the papers I presented, they scanned
the boxes and found out it worth's of 20.5 million dollars, also the fund
is 100 % spend able and accepted by any bank in the whole world. I have 1
more vital paper with me, but I can only present you the hard copy when I
reach your house as that it is the diplomatic rules, such as authorization
to deliver, but they refused to past me out, asking for DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
CLEARANCE PAPER after finding out the content of your consignment box. I
asked the man in charge Mr. Anderson Dave the reason of all this delay
because the entire necessary documents is complete and this package has
been on transits from PARIS FRANCE and the authority over there did not
demand for such certificate and he did not detailed the reasonable answer
of the stopped, but keep on telling me that it's illegal to enter the
country with the UN open Package without the DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY CLEARANCE
PAPER otherwise they will inspect the consignment since is sending from
individual to individual. I don't have any means to contact you when I
arrived this airport and my only means to communicate with you orally, is
phone and email so please here is my direct line +1(515) 212-6509 to connect
me anytime.


At the moment I have negotiated with the Home security Authority to allow
me in with the consignment but they refused. They said the required
document has to be obtain here in state of California USA

Kindly send $120.00 to the officer in charge of the document immediately
through western union or money gram or Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart with the name
below so that they can obtain the required CLEAN BILL OF RECORD to enable
me board my flight to come over to your based, send the fee with these
information's below:
SEND WITH THE NAME OF COMPANY'S CASHIER:
Receiver's Name: Jorge Alvarado
Location Castro Valley California USA
Send the MTCN via text to this phone number below +1(515) 212-6509
You can get in touch with him Name: Mr. Jorge Alvarado +1(515) 212-6509
enable them pick it up and issued the paper work.
Please don't delay because I don't have enough time to be delay. Send
across the $120.00. To our office in Benin as soon as possible to enable me
arrange the DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY CLEARANCE PAPER of the consignment as to
assure that the delivery is completed ASAP.

Thank You,
Agent Mr.JOHN Williams

TNT courier company delivery agent

Phone call or text me +1(515) 212-6509

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