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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: "DOUGLAS H. KING" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.west46@superposta.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:22:48 -0500
Subject: Re: ATTENTION: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS...

INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (IPA)
Region No. 2 New York City
P.O. Box 804 Knickerbocker Station
New York City, New York 10002-0804 USA
We, office of the international police authority (IPA) hereby write to inform you that we caught a diplomatic lady called
Mrs. Patricia Willies at (John F Kennedy International Airport) here in New York with a consignment box filed with United
State Dollars.
Meanwhile, base on our interview to the diplomat she said that the consignment box belongs to you, that she was sent by one
Mr. David West to deliver the consignment box to your doorstep not knowing that the content of the box is money. The diplomat
also said that her first transit in the state was at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport Ohio.
Now, the diplomat is under detention in the office of (IPA) security, and we cannot release her until we carry out our proper
investigation on how this huge amount of money managed to be yours before we will release her with the box.. So, in this
regards you are to re-assure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award
Ownership Certificate showing that the money is not illegal.
Note, that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the office of Her Majesty Revenue and Customs Unit,
because that is the only office that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of this funds, this is because
the funds originated from United Kingdom,England.
You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if you have it with you, but if you do not have it we
will urge you to contact back the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award Ownership Certificate if at all you did
not have it.
Below is the contact information of the person that sent the diplomat:
Name: MR. DAVID WEST
Email: david.west46@superposta.com
Phone: +44.702.401.1132
Furthermore, we are giving you only but 8 working business days to forward the requested Award Ownership Certificate. Please
note that we shall get back to you after the 8 working business days, that is if you didn’t come up with the certificate we
shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account then charge you for money laundering, but if you forward the Award
Ownership Certificate then we will release diplomat with your consignment box also gives you every back up on the money.
NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS DEAL HAVE TO BE KEPT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AS REPORTS HAVE REACHED MY OFFICE THAT SOME TOP CORRUPT
OFFICIAL OF THE F.B.I ARE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR FUNDS,SO LET NO ONE KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL YOUR CONSIGNMENT GETS DELIVERED TO
YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS.
Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.
Yours Truly,
I.P.A REGION NO:2
DCP. DOUGLAS H. KING
TELL/FAX: 929.268.0327
Cc: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA).
Cc: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA).
CC: Canadian Police Association
CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)
CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
CC: Egmont Group
CC: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
CC: Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
CC: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
CC: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
CC: International Banking Security Association (IBSA)
CC: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
CC: Institut de Formation Interbancaire (INSIG)
CC: World Customs Organization (WCO)
CC: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
CC: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS)
CC: WORLD CENTRAL BANK (WCB)
CC: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF)
CC: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE (UK)
CC: ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

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