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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. DAN OKEKE" <WWE123.@road.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR. DAN OKEKE" <Mr.danokeke@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 20:43:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CALL MR. HARRISOS BELLO FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX (+12025242435) OR
EMAIL HIM (belloharriso@gmail.com)

ATTENTION;

GOOD DAY MY DEAR,DO RESPECT MY DEAR WE HAVE PAID ALL THE MONEY THAT
NEEDED TO PAY HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR AGENT FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY TO
MAKE THIS DELIVERY TO YOU BECAUSE THIS HAS BEING ON HOLD SINCE LAST TWO
YEAR IN OUR OFFICE HERE IN BENIN THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO DELIVER IT TO
YOU BY OUR SELF SO THAT WE WILL BE SURE FOR WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUT THE
DELIVERY,TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR OUR PEOPLE OVER THERE I
VIDEO THIS VIDEO AND I WILL ATTACH IT TO YOU SO THAT YOU WILL WATCH IT
AND YOU WILL SEE IT BY YOUR SELF AND SEE THE TIME WE ARE COUNTING THE
MONEY AND PUT IT IN THE BOX SO THAT OUR AGENT WILL DELIVER IT TO YOUR
COUNTRY,WE HAVE SPEND SOME OF $6.000 DOLLARS OUT OF $6.8 MILLION IN
YOUR MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS YOUR COMPENSATION GET TO YOU AND WE
EMBASSY HERE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET WHAT BELONG TO YOU,WE WILL
LIKE YOU TO STOP ALL DELIVERY THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH ANY PERSON
OR WESTERN UNION OR DHL OR FEDEX AND RIAL COMPANY BANK TRANSFER BECAUSE
STOP SENDING MONEY TO AFRICAN THERE ARE ALL THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HERE,MY
DEAR WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO STOP ALL THOSE SCAM BUT IT WILL TAKE US
TIME BECAUSE FBI HERE IS NOW TAKING CARE OVER THAT,WE NEED YOU TO STOP
DEALING WITH THEM BECAUSE NOTING THEM WILL DO FOR YOU ONLY TAKE YOUR
MONEY AND RUN A WAY,OUR AGENT NAME IS MR Harrison Bello EMAIL:
(belloharriso@gmail.com)OR YOU WILL TALK TO HIM (+12025242435)
IS IN ATLANTA GEORGIA AIR PORT COUNTRY USA I WILL LIKE YOU TO EMAIL HIM YOUR
INFORMATION AGAIN SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO MISTAKE,EMBASSY BE YOUR
BROTHER KEEPER THANKS YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY,INFORMATION YOURS
SINCERELY DIRECTOR.Dan Okeke(+22998621313)Mr.danokeke@yandex.com

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