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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: "Dr. Desmond Andrew" <"WWW."@shore.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "dr_desmondandrew@outlook.com" <dr_desmondandrew@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 07:30:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,

Anti - Terrorist and money laundering Agency
London Heath-row International Airport
Greater London TW6, United Kingdom.

Dear Beneficiary,

I am Dr. Daniel Donald the Director General of the Anti- Terrorist and money laundering agency London - United Kingdom.
We have investigated your sealed consignment Box containing $500, 000, 00 USD intercepted by our monitoring agent at London Heath-row International
Airport and after due investigation have confirmed beyond all reasonable doubts that the said funds packaged in the box are free from terrorist and money laundering related activities hence have issued a certified Anti- Terrorists / Money laundering Clearance to cover the Diplomatic delivery of the consignment to your address as scheduled. This clearance Certificate will clear all doubts with all authorities concerned in your country as soon as the consignment box arrives United States of America.

Since our agency has cleared your consignment Box free from Anti-Terrorist and money laundering agency relates activities, I urgently arranged an Express diplomatic delivery to maintain confidentiality and safety of the funds. Our special diplomat agent Mr Desmond Favor was appointed immediately to deliver the sealed consignment box to your address and their flight departed London Heath-row Airport (UK) yesterday and the good news is that he has confirmed arrival to United States of America with your consignment box awaiting Arrival clearance at the Airport. Contact him now and reconfirm to him the following details below so that he will not have problem locating you immediately with the consignment box and to avoid any further delay in Delivery.

Full Names............................
Delivery address.........................
Cell phone number.....................
Nearest airport......................

His E-Mail :( dr_desmondandrew@outlook.com)
DIRECT TEL: +1 (432) 363-5638
I hope that you understood our sincerity and dedication to services, so do not delay Mr Desmond Favor as he has very limited time to deliver the box to you and board
the next available flight back to England for his next assignment in Asia before next week. Delay could cause problems with Authorities so make sure you clear the Arrival Clearance as soon as you contact him to enable him get to your address in a list couple of hours.

Note that for his safety and that of your Consignment Box, ALL communication should be kept highly confidential between you and the diplomat to avoid problems as the Box in his possession contains huge amount of money with all the vital documents guiding the delivery. I hope you understand that no one should know the real content of the box until you meet with the Diplomat to avoid interception of any information. Remember that the Tag on the Box does not state that the box contains money so it will be delivered to you in disguise as a Box of Charity Relief Materials. Contact him now to establish communication for on-ward delivery to the final destination, keep me informed as soon as he hands over the box to you.


Yours faithfully,
Dr. Daniel Donald
Director General
Anti- Terrorist and money laundering agency.
London - United Kingdom.



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