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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: Leo Clem <leoleo_8@msn.com>
Reply-To: <leonardclement2011@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:28:55 +0000
Subject: Director Of National Warehouse










































FUND AS
AND
INHERITANCE.
FROM: DELIVERY AGENT


Hello


Firstly, I wish to introduce myself as a sympathizer of your situation.
I am the Comptroller of Fund Movement Terminal and Director of national
warehouse where abandoned fund/valuables consignments are dumped.This is to
inform you that fresh arrangement was made by me to conclude the shipment of
your consignment of funds to your country.

I choose to do it and make
sure it has left the shores of Nigeria already before contacting you. I found
out that this consignment has been lying here because of lack of contact and
none payment of delivery.

This is why I decided to use my connections as
the Delivery/Shipment officer in charge of the National Security warehouse.
(This is where all the abandoned consignments in Nigeria are kept at the orders
of the Government of Nigeria for seizure or destruction.

Therefore, this
letter is highly confidential and top secret. For this reason,you must not
inform anybody about this letter or my contact with you. You must keep my
relationship with you to be topped secret and highly confidential because as I
have arranged your consignment to the Diplomatic Security Company in Nigeria
where the delivery will come from to your house, so no one must know so that the
fund will not raise an eye brow.

CONDITIONS OF THIS DELIVERY

1.
You must keep my relationship with you secret/confidential.
2. You must not
expose all the above information to anybody.
3. You must be willing to act
fast on any information, directives and advice from me and the Diplomatic
Security Company in Nigeria.

Note: I know the content of the Box because
I could see the amount you are being owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria
as an inheritance. This is why I decided to get involved. You must also know
that this arrangement do not concern all the people that you have had contact
with in Nigeria before today as this consignment/Payment has been surrendered to
the Government, Hence my involvement.

Kindly contact me with your FULL
NAME AND ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.

As soon as I receive your response, I
will give you more details on the way of such arrangements and I will also give
you the full contact information of the Diplomatic Security Company in Nigeria
as soon as you have
contacted me.

Therefore, further details will be
furnished to you as soon as I receive your reply.

Yours Sincerely
Dr.Leonard Clement
Director Of National Warehouse

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