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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: Rev John Ronald <.Ronald@eos.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: John Green <john.g789@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:55:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your consignment box worth $7.3 Million

ATTENTION

This is to inform you that we have succeeded on the delivery of your fund.
Simply contact Diplomat MR JOHN GREEN with your full delivery address And your
nearest airport to land, on this information below so that he can deliver your
consignment box worth $7.3 Million ;Contact Name: MR JOHN GREEN,Email:john.
g789@yahoo.com) I want you to send your full information to him,So
that he will deliver your consignment box that contained your funds as soon as
possible.

(1)Your Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address========
(4)Fax Number================
(5)Country====================
6)City=====================
(7)Nearest Airport =============

As he is on the way right now, because of the Searching and Scanning of the
consignment box made him to misplace your address, so contact him now. Be
inform that to open the consignment the secret code;is 84707, and the diplomat
did not know the code due to i registered the box as Africa cloth and personal
belong to avoid wrong delivery.

Regards,
Rev John Ronald
New director of DHL Courier company.

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