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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: Prince Steven Diggs <princediggs2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:31:13 -1200
Subject: MY CONSIGNMENT IN AMERICA

Dear ,

My name is Prince Steven Diggs and my younger sister princess Jane
Diggs Liberian, my consignment contains 45.5million United states
dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify.
The consignment is presently in United States of America .The
consignment get to the States through the help of Mr Walker Mensah.the
fact is that Mr Walker Mensah is suppose to have delivered this
consignment to a man called MR CARL MCDONALD in America.

The week Mr Walker Mensah is suppose to deliver the consignment to
him, when he got to States-New York after clearing the consignment
from the Airport, he call MR CARL MCDONALD to tell him the description
to is house for the delivery, but his wife answered the call and told
Mr Walker Mensah that her husband Mr. CARL MCDONALD hard a fatal car
accident which lead to his death some few hours later. MR CARL
MCDONALD has already paid the demur rages from the security company,
he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and
he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the
DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive, but
unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Mr Walker Mensah
has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in States
and called us to informed us about what is happening So please you can
call Mr Walker Mensah on his number 7185096875 .

please when you call him you will tell him that you are calling in
respect of Prince Steven Diggs consignment that is in America.And you
will tell him that You the new beneficiary to us and that he should
make the delivery to you , that was why you are calling him now to
know .if Mr Walker Mensah ask if you have discussed with me tell him
that you have discussed with me . Please, get to Mr Walker Mensah on
time and get back to me through mail and you can also reach me and my
sister +233544434554

I await your urgent response.
Thanks and God bless you
Prince Steven Diggs

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