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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Johnson" <presentation@gdi.com>
Reply-To: markjohnson650@live.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:57:20 -0800
Subject: READ THIS AND GET BACK TO ME ASAP!!!

Attention please

I’m Diplomat Mark Johnson; I have been trying to reach you on your Telephone about an hour now just to inform you about my successful Arrival in Seattle Int' Airport WA with your parcel/ package worth of $12.5M US Dollars which I have been instructed to deliver to your address, I am diplomatic agent working for DHL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY this consignment is to be delivered to you, Just to let you know that your Airport authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud money I have presented the papers I handed to them and they are very much Pleased with the paper’s I presented but the only thing that is still Keeping me here is the airport delivery Tag which is not placed on the check envelope so one of the Airport Authority has advise that we get the Delivery tag so that I can exit the airport immediately and make my Delivery successful, I try to reason with them and they stated the Delivery tag will cost us just $108 Dollars only to get the tags Placed on the envelope as that tag will enable me get to your house Successfully without any interference, they scanned the package and Found out that the check is 100 % accepted & spend-able by any bank In the whole world.

Please try and reach me with my roaming number (206) 466-4247 as I can not afford to spend more time here due to other Delivery I have to take care of in Bangkok. I have Here are the papers Backing the funds together with my ID CARD as I can accompany you to Your bank where you will cash the fund successfully with these papers. I have 1 more vital paper with me but I can only present you the hard copy when I reach your house as that it’s the diplomatic rules, such as authorization to deliver.

I want you to please reconfirm below once more because i lost it while they are searching all my papers.:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS: Address:
CURRENT PH/MOBILE NO:
NAME OF YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT:
A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT:

You can semd the TAG fee to our Custom woman officer's name who help to plead her crew she will get it here for me and they are entitled to receive and make any payment to foreign countries authority and issue the tag.

GET BACK TO ME IN MY EMAIL NOW; markjohnson650@live.com

Receiver Name ... CHI SMITH
Country. Cotonou, Benin
Amount .....$108.00 US Dollars .
SENDER NAME .....
MTCN...........???

Regard
Diplomat Mark Johnson:
Email:markjohnson650@live.com
Cell: (206) 466-4247

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