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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" <mrs.janetnapolitano19@outlook.com>
Reply-To: mrs.janet_napolitano@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:29:39 +0100
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR FUND!




Attention ,



FINAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR FUND


Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations
who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes
those of Lottery, Contract and Inheritance.

Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past
you have been transacting with some imposters and fraudsters.

We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance of Nigeria that
your payment totaling $1,500,000.00 will be released to you via a custom
pin based Credit card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $8,000 a day
which is powered by Master Credit Card and can be used anywhere in the
world for withdraw or transaction.

We have perfected everything in regards to the release of your
$1,500,000.00 United States Dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any
hitches as it's our duty to protect citizens of globally.

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 $50 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 $50
only.

Use the details below to send the required charge fee $50 to FedEx
International Manager Kelly Morrison via Western Union Transfer.

Receiver: Kelly Morrison
Address: 12 shipping street
City: Apapa
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Zip Code: 23401
Question: God
Answer: Good

PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION BELOW

SENDERS NAME:.......................
SENDERS ADDRESS:........................
CELL PHONE NUMBER:.........................
MTCN NUMBER:...................................

Thanks and hope to read from you soon with the payment confirmation
detailsto enable the delivery.


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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