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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: "NATINOS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <howardteichelman355@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:18:51 -0000
Subject: RE-YOUR FUND ARRIVAL UPDATE FROM UNITED NATIONS

FROM THE DESK OF HOWARD EMERY TEICHELMAN
 
    INSPECTION UNIT, UNITED NATIONS
    U. N JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
    EMAIL::howardteichelman355@gmail.com
    
    Dear Sir,
    
    I am Howard Emery Teichelman the Director Inspection Unit United Nations Johannesburg South Africa. During our investigation
 
We discovered an abandoned shipment through a Diplomat from United States of America under ship forwarder which was
 
transferred from OR Tambo International Airport to our department and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in
 
two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 120kg each.
    
    The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee as cash rather it was declared
 
as personal effect to avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent and also the Diplomat inability to provide the Non-Inspection
 
requirements, all information regarding the delivery to you has been forwarded to our department here in OR Tambo International
 
Airport Johannesburg South Africa.
    
    On our assumption, each of the boxes will contain more than US$7M and the consignment is still left in storage house of a
 
security finance company here till today through a registered Security/Diplomatic Shipping Company a division of Trans guard LTD.
 
The Consignment are two metal boxes with weight of about 120kg each (Internal dimension:  W51 x H156 x D63 (cm). Effective
 
capacity: 480 L.)Approximately, in other words, the amount is estimated to US$14M given by the the result from the Ultra-sensitive
 
scan report.
    
    The details of the consignment including your name, the official document from United Nations office are tagged on the Two
 
Metal Trunk boxes. If you want to claim the Consignment you should  either arrive Johannesburg or provide your Phone Number,
 
full address and a scanned copy of your ID, this is to enable us cross check if it corresponds with the information on the official
 
document and other necessary details reflecting in our central computer.
    
    All communication must be held extremely confidential as we have taken responsibility of all calls, you must also conceal it's
 
content to the diplomat that would be on this delivery assignment if that option is chosen. We can get everything concluded within
 
48 to 72 hours upon your acceptance to either arrive Johannesburg South Africa or have it delivered to your Country. But it must be
 
on the condition that you would accelerate arrangement to receive the Consignment in the next few days as our diplomat shall
 
arrive your Country upon your acceptance on this mode of payment.
    
    As soon as I read your prompt response, I shall send you the United Nations International Delivery Permit and the Ultra-Sensitive
 
Scan Report which ascertains the original content of the metal trunks issued from London as well as the scan report from the United
 
Nations scanning department London before the Consignment was discovered here at OR Tambo International Airport and we have
 
also sent signals to the United Nations London and they did confirm the existence of such Consignment with the dispatch code in
 
your name.
    
    PLEASE RESPOND WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES, YOUR ADDRESS FOR DELIVERY, TELEPHONE NUMBER(S) AND YOUR I.D.
    
    Best Regards,
    
    HOWARD EMERY TEICHELMAN
    DIRECTOR INSPECTION UNIT
    UN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA

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