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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: The United States Department of Homeland Security <sriverfrank@gmail.com>
Reply-To: The United States Department of Homeland Security <johnsonmaurice1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 03:14:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MATTER OF URGENCYS

Chief of staff Homeland Security Mr.
Tom Bossert
Department of Homeland Security U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Washington,
Federal Government Office 300 7th St
SW •
Phone number +2347057309735
                                                          
Greetings to you my friend
 
I will like to introduce myself to
you, am the new Secretary of Department of Homeland security appointed by New
President of United State Donald J. Trump after the reassignment of Mr johnson.
 
I am Tom Bossert   an
Attorney before I was installed the new chief of Department of Homeland
security here in the United state of America.
I was going through some files that
was transferred to me after the reassignment of Ms. Janet ,I discovered that
you are among one of the people that has unsettle transactions with the
Department of Homeland Security, International Monetary funds, FBI and many
other departments within the state and outside the states..most especially Africa
and also some Financial Institutions due to the much internet scams and so many
people impersonating different office to rip of off your funds that they are in
their possessions.
 
  My Dear I want to inform you
that no office or Financier institution are in possession of your huge
compensated funds aside from the US Department of Homeland Security, Washington
DC and your file is currently on desk awaiting a clear contact with you before
I can go ahead and disburse this long awaited funds worth of $17.5 Million USD
to you...
 
I have been given a mandate by the
President Donald Trump to disburse the funds  to you as soon as I have a
direct contact with you...I have attach my identification card within this
email for your view.
 
A claim came directly to my desk
that you and your family are all dead and a Wells Fargo account was provided by
one Mr. Steven Tilley who claims to be your Next of Kin and that we should
forward this huge compensation funds worth of  $17.5 Million USD into the
Wells Fargo bank account, but God so kind after a proper investigation I
discovered that Mr. Steven  Paule Tilley  is just an identification
theft and nothing of such happened and that you and your family are very much
alive....I will be so happy to have a direct contact with you if truly you are
safe and sound like my instincts tell me.
 
You are advice to get back to me
immediately so I can disburse your funds worth of $17.5 Million USD to
you.....and to also confirm to me if truly you are still alive or dead you are
to send your full information to my sectary Mr Chiandu  Davida's . With
the   blow information.
Below is the Contact Info:
 
Name: Director of Foreign Remittance
.
Contact Person: Mr. Chiandu Davidas
Phone Number: (+1 501) 476-7314  Text messages
only 
 
 
Get in touch with them immediately
with the above information and let them know how urgency you want the transfer
to be made and get back to me as soon as possible. I will wait to hear from you
when you get the fund transferred to your bank account.
 
(1) Your full Name:
                                       
(2) Country:
(3)Occupation:
(4)Phone number:
(5)Age:
 
Awaiting your soonest response.
Thanks
 
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY
The United States Department of
Homeland Security
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cookies Developers English (United States)
 
Thanks
Tom Bossert

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