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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: "U.S. Homeland Security" <giocondoprovvidenza@alice.it>
Reply-To: jehcjohnson@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:11:22 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Attn Please!

Tele:+1 (941) 417-1323 text SMS only
I am Mr.Jeh Charlse Johnson. The secretary of the department of homeland
security Washington DC,am writting to notify you about your realised abandoned
$4.5 million consignment box of which i found after the international summit
which was held in West Africa which I'm one of the officials,after the meeting
I went through some documents of abandon consignment and found out that yours
was also abandoned here in West Africa, so kindly reconfirm your full address,
Full name, Phone number, and nearest Airport so that I shall bring your parcel
to our Head Office in Washington DC and you will come and claim or we can send
it to your designated address I wait for your urgent and positive respond. You
can reach me on this email as well: jehcjohnson@yahoo.com
Best Regard
Mr.Jeh Charles Johnson

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