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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. MICHAEL BRANDON" <officeservices88@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "MR. MICHAEL BRANDON" <mb33959@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 22:58:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
MG Timothy J.
Lowenberg,Adjutant General and Director State Military Department Washington Military
Dept., Bldg1 Camp Murry ,Wash (856) 352-3614 USA
 
GOOD DAY TO YOU
 
I HOPE THIS MAIL FINDS YOU IN
GOOD SPIRIT AND IN GOOD HEALTH? BECAUSE I AM QUITE AWARE OF YOUR LOSSES IN THE
PAST YEARS NOW, IT MAY SURPRISE YOU THAT I AM ALSO AWARE OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT
BOXES PURSUIT IN BENIN GHANA TOGO NIGERIA SPAIN FRANCE MALAYSIA INDONESIA CHINA
AND KOREA .MY NAME IS MR. MR. PETER JEH.JOHNSON, THE SECRETARY OF U.S
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF AMERICA, AM IN CHARGE TO MONITORED ALL
FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS IN AFRICA EUROPE AND ASIA.
 
I HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOW SINCE THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA, MONITORING THE VARIOUS TRANSACTIONS GOING ON IN AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA,
MOST ESPECIALLY CONSIGNMENTS CASES AND BANK TRANSFER. I DO NOT INTEND TO SPOIL
YOUR DAY OR TO PUT YOU UNDER DURESS.
 
BUT YOU CAN NOT RECEIVE ANY
OF YOUR CONSIGNMENTS BOXES PURSUIT, WITHOUT A CLEARANCE FROM THE U.S DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HOWEVER, UPON MY ARRIVAL IN BENIN REPUBLIC AFTER SERIES
OF MEETINGS WITH OUR PRESIDENT BARACKS OBAMA AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL
BAN KI-MOON, DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES FROM AFRICA
ASIA, EUROPE, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA RESPECTIVELY, AGAINST THE BENIN GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIA OVER THE RATE OF
SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND AFRICA.
 
WHEN I ARRIVE IN THE BENIN
PARLIAMENT IN COTONOU, I FOUND YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FILE LYING ON THE
FOREIGN AFFAIR OFFICE DESK WITHOUT ANY ATTENTION ON A THOROUGH SCRUTINY I
DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY YOUR DELIVERY AGENT.
MEANWHILE, I WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TRY TO REACH YOU, BUT NO WAY AND THEY
HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT BUT TO NO AVAIL.
 
TO MY GREATEST SURPRISE,
DURING MY RECENT ROUTINE RE-CHECKING, I PERSONALLY DISCOVERED THAT YOUR
CONSIGNMENT CONTENT DECLARATION DOCUMENTS STATED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTAINS
PERSONAL EFFECTS MEANWHILE; IT CONTAINS UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILLS WORTH OVER
US$10.5MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONSIGNMENT TO BE
DELIVERED TO YOU EARLIER BEFORE NOW.
 
BASED ON THIS PERSONAL
DISCOVERY, I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WITH MY POSITION AND
POWER AS THE SECRETARY OF U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, I CAN ASSIST YOU
TO LEGALLY CLEAR YOUR CONSIGNMENT FUND, BUT YOU MUST AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS. BECAUSE I HAVE CALLED OUR OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, DC FROM BENIN,
WHO HAS BEEN INTERCEPTING ALL YOUR TELEPHONE CALLS, WITH THE HELP OF MTN, TIGO
VODAFONE AND AIR-TEL NETWORK BENIN
 
I ALSO RECEIVED SOME
INFORMATION FROM OUR HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE IN BENIN REPUBLIC, ABOUT YOUR EMAILS, THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN DEALING AND SENDING MONEY TO PEOPLES IN BENIN GHANA SOUTH AFRICA TOGO BENIN AND NIGERIA WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR. YOU ARE ALSO DEALING WITH A BANK, AND OTHER NAMES
WHICH I AM STILL WAITING TO BE FORWARDED TO ME FROM OUR OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, DC.
WHO HAVE MONITORED ALL YOUR DEALINGS WITH THIS HOODLUM?
 
YOU ARE ADVICE TO HENCE FORT STOP FURTHER DEALINGS WITH ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED PEOPLE, UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR
INVESTIGATION.
 
BECAUSE YOUR DEALING WITH
THEM IS TERMED AS ILLEGAL TRANSACTION.
I WISH TO INFORM THAT WE THE
HOMELAND SECURITY IS ON LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED NAME, MOSTLY THOSE
WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF WEST AFRICAN DEBT WESTERN UNION AND MONEY GRAM
AND PROPERTY RECOVERY BENIN.
ALL THIS MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE IMPOSTOR, AND WE INTEND TO APPREHEND THEM SOON.
 
I WANT YOU TO PLEASE STOP
COMMUNICATING, AND DEALING WITH THEM UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. I
WISH TO NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING YOUR BOX OF
CONSIGNMENT THAT WAS HANDED OVER TO ME AFTER THE MEETING HELD BETWEEN ME AND
SOME OF THE TOP PARLIAMENT MEMBERS OF BENIN AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIR MINSTER IN
THE BENIN CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS COTONOU, DUE TO THE DELAY FOR YOU NOT HAVE
RECEIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX FOR LONG TIME NOW.
 
ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE WAIVED
AWAY ALL YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FEES AND AUTHORIZED THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC TO ALLOW ME FLY WITH THIS YOUR APPROVED CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU WITHOUT ANY
DELAY WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED. THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL PAY TO CONFIRM YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX RECEIVED IN YOUR POSSESSION IS THE WEIGHT FEE OF YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH IS SUM OF $106.00 ONLY.
 
IN ORDER WORDS YOUR BOX IS
WITH ME NOW AND I SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU
AND I WILL BE COMING ALONG WITH YOUR BOX OF CONSIGNMENT, BUT REMEMBER THAT AS
THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
I AM A US GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENT AND I HAVE THE POWER TO GO THROUGH ANY
AIRPORT CUSTOMS WITHOUT INSPECTING WHAT I CARRY ALONG.
 
AND AS SOON AS I ARRIVE IN
YOUR STATE I WILL GIVE YOU A PHONE CALL FOR YOU TO GIVE ME DIRECTION TO YOUR
HOME ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN MEET FACE TO FACE AND HAND OVER YOUR BOX TO YOU
BEFORE PROCEEDING BACK TO THE STATES. SO I WANT YOU TO RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE BELOW
INFORMATION FOR PROPER UNDERSTANDING BY FILLING THE ATTACH HOMELAND SECURITY
REGISTRATION FORM OKAY.
 
BENEFICIARY NAME:
ADDRESS:
TEL PHONE:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
 
AS SOON AS I ARRIVE I SHALL
CALL YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER THEN MEET YOU IN PERSON AND HAND OVER YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU BEFORE I RETURN BACK TO WASHINGTON DC.
 
I HAVE TAKEN THIS ASSIGNMENT
UPON MYSELF BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH ON THE COST
OF DELIVERY, BUT NOTHING WAS RECEIVED BY YOU. SO BE ADVICE TO CONTACT ME
IMMEDIATELY YOU GET THIS EMAIL NOW BECAUSE EVERY THING HAS BEEN DONE OK. THIS
IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
 
ONCE YOU SEND THE MONEY, TRY
TO NOTIFY ME WITH THE MTCN FOR EASY PICK UP AND FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE
DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX, FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR INHERITED FUNDS
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY AGAIN SINCE YOU WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE IT SINCE.
 
SEND THE FEE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
 
RECEIVER’S NAME:............
ODILI EZE
COUNTRY:........... BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY:................. COTONOU
AMOUNT:..........$106.00 ONLY
QUESTION:........URGENT
ANSWER:............. NOW
MTCN:........
SENDER's NAME:.............
SENDER'S ADDRESS:.........
 
AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE
MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.ONCE YOU SEND THE MONEY, TRY TO
NOTIFY ME WITH THE MTCN FOR CONFIRMATION AND FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE
HANDLING OVER OF YOUR FUND TO YOU.ALSO YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO US ANY MAIL THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM PEOPLE FOR PROPER VERIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION
BEFORE YOU DEAL WITH THEM OKAY.
 
I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME TO
STAY HERE SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE WITH THE
PAYMENT, MY DEAR, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND HAVE TO COMPLY AND YOUR
BOX SHALL BE DELIVER TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS.BUT REMEMBER THAT AFTER (3
DAYS) YOU DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT THEN I WILL DIVERT YOUR FUNDS TO US
GOVERNMENT FUND OR BENIN GOVERNMENT TREASURY. PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MATTER OF
URGENCY.
 
SINCERELY YOURS,
MR. MICHAEL BRANDON
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY
TEL: (856) 352-3614
PLEASE LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE
OR TEXT MESSAGE IN CASE IF CALL NOT ANSWERED

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