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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: FBI OFFICE <"UPS."@cello.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Agent Jackson <ups_service.benin@post.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:35:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FBI: Investigation concluded

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Headquarters Washington Dc.
Building 935 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
E-Mail: fbi.gov0012@usa.com

Attention,

I Jackson Josh was among the FBI agents sent to Africa by the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher A. Wray to carry out an extensive investigation on some suspicious transactions originating from there following series of complain from the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

During our investigation we discovered a sum total of $2.5 million USD in your name as its beneficiary, however the office in charge of this fund are very corrupt and unwilling to release your fund to you, as a result of that we’ve taken full responsibility of the fund and will ensure it is delivered safely to you.

For security reasons we have deposited this fund with the United Bank of Africa and have instructed that the fund be loaded into an ATM MasterCard which will be delivered to your address within 2 business days by UPS Delivery Company.

You are only required to pay for their express delivery charge of $340 which you can request a payment method convenient for you.

Contact them with your below information to avoid any mistake

Full Name (as it appear on your ID)

City

Zip

Cell

Nearest airport

To be sent to UPS Delivery Company for immediate delivery: ups_service.benin@post.com



Jackson Josh

862 955-2836

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