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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: "Mr. Jeh C. Johnson" <johnsonmrjehc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 02:50:06 -0700
Subject: Contact Us | Homeland Security

>From US Department of Homeland Security
Department Bldg1 Camp Murry,
Wash 98430-5000 USA Tell:
(414) 455-7014

Attention: My Dear,

This is Mr. Jeh C. Johnson, the Secretary Department of Homeland
Security USA, the DHS internet and monetary crew revealed that you
have not received your fund from the African United nation's
compensation and reinvestment commission Africa! the refunds was on
hold due to the exorbitant demands from you by the African corrupted
banks, couriers government staffs and obscure individuals, and was
confirmed that you had spent lot of money on pursuance of the
inheritance contractual compensation right.

Your long-lost abandoned funds confirming to be your rightful refunds,
was converted into cash and boxed the money to avoid hoaxes as it has
stayed long in the Benin payment coffer vault, we made several
attempts to contact you through the details on our data base file, but
we were not successful and this is the third and perhaps the last
email to you in respect of this matter, the refunds in worth of $10.3
Million as the resulted of random selection done by the united nation
human right wing cum the world bank to assist as you had lost some
reasonable amount of money to Nigerians and African fraudulent
artists. You’re lucky to be chosen amongst the teeming population of
scam victims who were cheated this while.

Sum has been approved for paying you through the CASH payment delivery
system after all attempts to pay you through failed banks, check, ATM
Card and courier, the approved sum has been programmed into cash
payment as a BOXED-MONEY and will be dispatching to your designated
address. Therefore. You should take this seriously and reconfirm your
full address, your Full name, your mobile Phone number, and your email
Id

Reach me with the required details urgently.

Sincerely Yours,

Personal Secretary JCJ.
C/O. Mr. Jeh C. Johnson,
Signed...JCJ.

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