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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: INTERNATIONAL POLICE <romeoym@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: unitednationoohh@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:22:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES SECTION













INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES SECTION
REGION NO. 2 NEW YORK CITY
P.O. BOX 804 KNICKERBOCKERS STATION
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 10002-0804 USA

 
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 $150 TO BENIN REPUBLIC FOR THE ISSURANCE 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 $100 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 $100.
 
 
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. FRANCIS JOSEPH
CITY:................COTONOU
COUNTRY:..........BENIN REPUBLIC
QUESTION:..........WHO IS FATHER?
ANSWER:...............GOD
AMOUNT:.................$100
MTCN:........................
SENDER NAME...............
 
 


THANK AND GOD BLESS.
EMAIL  msanusigoverno@yahoo.com
ASSISTANT POLICE MRS. ELIZABETH CHERTOFF


 

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