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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: OFFICEFILE <dlhutchinson@icqmail.com>
Reply-To: wjohnmac@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:14:53 -0800
Subject: (no subject)



--
ATTN:

I’M DIPLOMAT JOHN GEORGE MICHEAL; I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ON
YOURTELEPHONE ABOUT AN HOUR NOW JUST TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESSFUL
ARRIVAL IN JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH YOUR TWO BOXES OF
CONSIGNMENT WORTH $1.2MUSD WHICH I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY ECOWAS
COURIER
DELIVERY COMPANY TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU.

THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY DEMANDED FOR ALL THE LEGAL BACK UP PAPERS TO PROVE
TO
THEM THAT THE FUND IS NO WAY RELATED WITH DRUG NOR FRAUD MONEY, I HAVE
PRESENTED THE PAPERS I HANDED TO THEM AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH PLEASED
WITH
THE PAPER’S I PRESENTED, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT IS STILL KEEPING ME
HERE
IS THE AIRPORT DELIVERY YELLOW TAG WHICH IS NOT PLACED ON THE BOXES, ONE
OF
THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY HAS ADVISE THAT WE GET THE DELIVERY YELLOW TAG SO
THAT I CAN EXIT THE AIRPORT IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE MY DELIVERY SUCCESSFUL
TO
YOU. I TRY TO REASON WITH THEM AND THEY STATED THE DELIVERY YELLOW TAG
WILL
COST US JUST $95 DOLLARS ONLY TO GET THE TWO TAG PLACED ON THE BOXES AS
THAT TAG WILL ENABLE ME GET TO YOUR HOUSE SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY
INTERFERENCE, THEY SCANNED THE BOXES AND FOUND OUT THAT THE FUND IS 100
%
SPEND ABLE AND ACCEPTED BY ANY BANK IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

PLEASE TRY AND REACH ME WITH MY INTERNATIONAL ROAMING NUMBER + 229
98251280
AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO SPEND MORE TIME HERE DUE TO OTHER DELIVERY I HAVE
TO
TAKE CARE OF IN BANGKOK. I WILL PROVID YOU THE PAPERS BACKING THE FUNDS
TOGETHER WITH MY ID CARD AS I CAN ACCOMPANY YOU TO YOUR BANK WERE YOU
WILL
DEPOSIT THE FUND SUCCESSFULLY WITH THESE PAPERS. I HAVE MORE VITAL PAPER
WITH ME BUT I CAN ONLY PRESENT YOU THE HARD COPY WHEN I REACH YOUR HOUSE
AS
THAT IT’S THE DIPLOMATIC RULES, SUCH AS AUTHORIZATION TO DELIVER. YOU
CAN
DIRECT THE TAG FEE TO OUR HEAD OFFICE AS THEY WILL GET IT HERE FOR YOU
AND
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AND MAKE ANY PAYMENT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
AUTHORITY. GET BACK TO ME IN MY PRIVATE EMAIL(WJOHNMAC@YAHOO.FR)

SEND THE $95 THROUGH MONEY GRAM WITH THIS INFORMATIONS BELOW.

RECEIVER EMMA ODILI

COUNTRY BENIN REPUBLIC

AMOUNT $95 US DOLLARS

TEXT QUESTION. WHAT COLOR?

ANSWER ….GREEN.

SEND THE PAYMENT INFORMATIONS SUCH AS THE MTCN AND THE SENDERS NAME ONCE
YOU MAKE THE PAYMENT

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