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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: "Mrs. Janet Napolitano" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <janetnapolitano364@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:55:42 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Desk of Mrs. Janet Napolitano
Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security Washington D.C.

Attention Beneficiary,

FINAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR FUND

Aim Mrs. Janet Napolitano the Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security(DHS). DHS in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with head Office here in United States Of America. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United States Government and the United Nations.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL) and they are all in Lagos Nigeria. We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.

This email is being directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in Nigeria and with the information gartered from this Scam artist, we notice that you have been scammed of so much money and have decided to compensate you with a little token to recover the lost of your fund. You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $1.5 Million Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist.

We have arranged your payment through our ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe , America, Africa and Asia Pacific ,This is part of an instruction/mandate passed by the Senate in respect to overseas contract payment and debt re-scheduling. We will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money via ATM MACHINE in any part of the world,and the maximum daily limit is Twenty Thousand United States Dollars($20,000.00) valued sum at One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars {$1,500,000.00} as programmed. To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to abide to the instruction below to enable the shipment of the Premium Master Credit Card and it back up document and the charge fee required to pay the shipping and security insurance fee is $98 only nothing more and no hidden fees as everything else has been taken cared of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $98 only.

Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take place, you are advice to send to us the following data? mention below:

Full Name: ..........................................
Residential Address: ................................
Country: ............................................
Age: ................................................
Sex: ................................................
Occupation: .........................................
Direct Phone Number: ................................
Any Form of Identity:................................

We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.

Mrs. Janet Napolitano.
Secretary of US Department of Homeland Security
Address: 245 Murray Ln Sw # 14, Washington D.C.
About Me website: http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1232568253959.shtm

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