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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.John Francis Kelly" <"homelandsecurity.."@cure.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.John Francis Kelly" <mrjohnfrancis.kelly@bk.ru>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:13:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS

This is Mr. John Francis Kelly the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, I’m contacting you regarding a box brought to desk In Washington, D.C. to be signed and send back to the originated country as unclaimed fund, As result of the information i got, i told them to wait until i hear from you today so that, i will know the reason why you rejected such amount of money which is your compensation fund just because of the document. I need your urgent response as soon as you receive my text and explain to me the reason why you have abandon your box, but if you don't need it then I can change your name to another person here in united state, so that this Government will not claim this money. Get back to me right now.

Regards
Mr.John Francis Kelly


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