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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: UNITED STATE POLICE <barpwilliam@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uspcustody1964@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:05:56 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: DID YOU SENT BARRISTER THOMAS ALLEN TO CLAIM YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX ON
YOUR BEHALF???






NTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES
SECTION
REGION NO. 2 NEW YORK CITY
P.O. BOX 804 KNICKERBOCKERS
STATION
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 10002-0804 USA
EMAIL : uspcustody1964@yahoo.fr



 



ATTENTION FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX
,



PLEASE THERE IS SOMETHING BEWILDERED WHICH I
DO NOT UNDERSTOOD, (MR.THOMAS ALLEN) THE BARRISTER CAME FROM CALIFORNIA? HE
TRYING TO MAKE US BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE IN SICK BED AND NOT CAPABLE TO HANDLE THE
TRANSACTION. HE EVEN EXPLAINED THAT YOU ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM
THEREBY MAKING HIM THE CURRENT BENEFICIARY OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX
.



 



 



HE CLAIMED TO BE YOUR NEXT OF KIN AND HE IS
HERE TO SEND THE NEEDED FEE OF $187.00 TO BENIN REPUBLIC FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE
ORIGINAL AWARD OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE DOCUMENTS, AND WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR
TELL YOU HIM FOR NOW, THAT IS WHILE I AM WRITING THIS MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON TO CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS CONSIGNMENT BOX AND
YOUR NAME AND YOUR INFORMATION IS HERE WITH US, THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN GIVING
YOU ALL THIS INFORMATION AND NOTICE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS
CONSIGNMENT BOX .



 



 



I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TO VERIFY WHETHER
YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SENT HIM BEFORE WE CAN ALLOW HIM TO SEND THE THE $187.00
FOR THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP MR. EJIMOFOR ALBERT.
PLEASE, DO CONFIRM TO ME, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS MAN IS REALLY FROM YOU
SO THAT THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING WRONG
PERSON.



 



 



BE ADVICE THAT WE ARE READY TO RELEASE YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX TO THE BARRISTER MR.THOMAS ALLEN AND OR WE CAN RETURN YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX BACK TO BENIN REPUBLIC OR WE SHALL CONFISCATE THE FUNDS INTO
WORLD BANK ACCOUNT THEN CHARGE YOU FOR MONEY LAUNDRY, YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX HAS
BEEN HERE SO LONG AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW RULING WORLD WIDE. WE CAN CANNOT
CONTINUE KEEPING THIS CONSIGNMENT BOX HERE IN OUR OFFICE, OTHERWISE I WILL LET
THEM TO RELEASE THE CONSIGNMENT BOX TO THE BARRISTER MR. THOMAS ALLEN WHO IS
READY TO SEND THE MONEY AND CLAIM IT.



 



 



SO I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BLAME ANY PERSON IF
THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR PACKAGE WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID SOME MONEY IN BENIN
REPUBLIC IN THE PAST, THAT’S ALL I NEED TO TELL YOU NOW. PLEASE YOU SHOULD
RESPOND URGENTLY TO ENABLE US TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE THE ONE THAT SENT HIM
BECAUSE THERE IS NUMEROUS SCAM THAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY WHICH YOU
MUST BE AWARE OF. IF YOU ARE NOT THE ONE THAT SENT THE BARRISTER AS AN INSIDER
IN THIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, I WILL BE WAITING RIGHT TO HAVE THE PAYMENT
INFORMATIONS IN ORDER TO ENABLE MR. EJIMOFOR ALBERT TO PROCEED TO DU'BENIN HIGH
COURT TO OBTAIN THIS NEEDED CERTIFICATES BEFORE YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX WILL
DELIVERED TO YOU TO AVIOD LOSING YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX ALL BECAUSE OF
$187.



 



 



THE DIPLOMAT ALSO SAID THAT HIS FIRST TRANSIT
IN THE STATE WAS AT CINCINNATI NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OHIO, WE
CAUGHT THE DIPLOMATIC AT (JOHN F KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) HERE IN NEW YORK
SINCE WITH CONSIGNMENT BOX FILED WITH UNITED STATE
DOLLARS.



MOREOVER, IF YOU HAVE THE CERTIFICATE OF
OWNERSHIP IN YOUR POSITION YOU CAN FORWARD IT TO ME FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF
YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX AND DELIVERY TO YOUR ADDRESS WITHIN
3HOURS.



 



THIS IS THE INFORMATION YOU WILL USE TO MAKE
THE PAYMENT.



 



 



RECEIVE' NAME .................MR. EJIMOFOR
ALBERT
CITY:................COTONOU
COUNTRY:..........BENIN
REPUBLIC
QUESTION:..........WHO IS
FATHER?
ANSWER:...............GOD
AMOUNT:.................$187.00
MTCN:........................
SENDER
NAME...............



 



 








THANK AND GOD BLESS.
ASSISTANT POLICE
MRS. ELIZABETH CHERTOFF



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