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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: "CHELSEA J. HENDERSON," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mysteryshop@drivehq.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:05:16 -0500
Subject: RE: ATTENTION

Good Morning,

Ms. Chelsea J. Henderson is my name, I am the Head of Operations for the Royal Securities & Deposit Company. I am very pleased to contact you, because I believe you are a highly respected personality in your country and I am writing you regarding a foreign customer who did business with our company, whom died with his entire family in a Plane crash in 2003. I found your email address while in search of his relatives, so I was wondering if you're a relative to the deceased family, because you bear the same surname with the deceased family, this is my reason for contacting you, as I was desperately insearch of any of his relatives. I would like to seek your collaboration and co-operation to enable me give you further detail of the deposits, therefore I want us both to collaborate and have you stand as the beneficiary to the Consignor's Deposited trunk boxes which worth millions of dollars. Please kindly Furnish me the following details,

1. Full Name:AYAMi OKADA
2. Your Present Residential / Company Address:
3. Direct Contact Phone/Fax/ Mobile Number:+81-(0)90-8494-2027
4. Your Age:
5. Your Country:
6. Your Occupation:
7. Your City:
8. Marital Status:

I look forward to reading a positive reply mail from you soon, then we can proceed with telephone conversation, before meeting. Please, for clarity sake, your reply should be directed to my e-mail address stated below.

Yours Sincerely,

MS. CHELSEA J. HENDERSON,
OPERATIONAL MANAGER, ROYAL SECURITIES, LONDON, UK.
Direct Telephone: +44-792 451 1608 .
Reply-To-E-mail: mysteryshop@drivehq.com

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