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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: "Mrs.Elaine Duke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <www.officehomeland@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:17:05 -0000
Subject: FROM HOME LAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
MG Timothy J. Lowe berg, Adjutant General and Director
State Military Department Washington Military Dept., Bldg1 Camp Murry, Wash
www.officehomeland@yahoo.com
 
GOOD DAY TO YOU.
 
I HOPE THIS MAIL FINDS YOU IN GOOD SPIRIT AND IN GOOD HEALTH? BECAUSE I AM QUITE AWARE OF YOUR LOSSES IN THE PAST YEARS NOW, IT MAY SURPRISE YOU THAT I AM ALSO AWARE
 
OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOXES PURSUIT IN BENIN GHANA TOGO NIGERIA SPAIN FRANCE MALAYSIA INDONESIA CHINA AND KOREA . MY NAME IS MR. John F. Kelly, THE SECRETARY OF U.S
 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF AMERICA, AM IN CHARGE TO MONITORED ALL FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS IN AFRICA EUROPE AND ASIA.I HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
 
SECURITY NOW SINCE THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR FORMAL PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA, MONITORING THE VARIOUS TRANSACTIONS GOING ON IN AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA,MOST ESPECIALLY
 
CONSIGNMENTS CASES AND BANK TRANSFER. I DO NOT INTEND TO SPOIL YOUR DAY OR TO PUT YOU UNDER DURESS.BUT YOU CAN NOT RECEIVE ANY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENTS BOXES PURSUIT,
 
WITHOUT A CLEARANCE FROM THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HOWEVER, UPON MY ARRIVAL IN BENIN REPUBLIC AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH OUR PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA
 
AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES FROM AFRICA ASIA, EUROPE, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA, SOUTH AMERICA
 
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RESPECTIVELY, AGAINST THE BENIN GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIA OVER THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND
 
AFRICA.WHEN I ARRIVE IN THE BENIN PARLIAMENT IN COTONOU, I FOUND YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FILE LYING ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIR OFFICE board WITHOUT ANY ATTENTION ON
 
A THOROUGH SCRUTINY I DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY YOUR DELIVERY AGENT. MEANWHILE, I WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TRY TO REACH YOU
 
TO KNOW WHAT THE HOPE WAS, BUT NO WAY AND THEY HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT BUT TO NO AVAIL.
 
 
TO MY GREATEST SURPRISE, DURING MY RECENT ROUTINE RE-CHECKING, I PERSONALLY DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTENT DECLARATION DOCUMENTS STATED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT
 
CONTAINS PERSONAL EFFECTS MEANWHILE; IT CONTAINS UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILLS WORTH OVER US$10.500.000, MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONSIGNMENT TO
 
BE DELIVERED TO YOU EARLIER BEFORE NOW.BASED ON THIS PERSONAL DISCOVERY, I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WITH MY POSITION AND POWER AS THE SECRETARY OF
 
U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, I CAN ASSIST YOU TO LEGALLY CLEAR YOUR CONSIGNMENT FUND, BUT YOU MUST AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. BECAUSE I HAVE CALLED
 
OUR OFFICE IN WASHINGTON,DC FROM BENIN, WHO HAS BEEN INTERCEPTING ALL YOUR TELEPHONE CALLS, WITH THE HELP OF MTN, TIGO VODAFONE AND AIRTEL NETWORK BENIN.I ALSO
 
RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE IN BENIN REPUBLIC, ABOUT YOUR EMAILS, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING AND SENDING MONEY TO PEOPLES IN IN RATE
 
SCAM COUNTRIES, WHO CLAIMS TO BE AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR FUND. YOU ARE ALSO DEALING WITH A BANK, AND OTHER NAMES WHICH I AM STILL WAITING TO BE FORWARDED TO ME FROM
 
OUR OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, DC. WHO HAVE MONITORED ALL YOUR DEALINGS WITH THIS HOODLUM? YOU ARE ADVICE TO HENCE FORT STOP FURTHER DEALINGS WITH ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED
 
PEOPLE, UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE YOUR DEALING WITH THEM IS TERMED AS ILLEGAL TRANSACTION.I WISH TO INFORM THAT WE THE HOMELAND SECURITY IS ON LOOK
 
OUT FOR THE ENTIRE ABOVE MENTIONED NAME, MOSTLY THOSE WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF WEST AFRICAN DEBT WESTERN UNION AND MONEY GRAM AND PROPERTY RECOVERY BENIN. ALL
 
THIS MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE IMPOSTOR, AND WE INTEND TO APPREHEND THEM SOON.
 
I WANT YOU TO PLEASE STOP COMMUNICATING, AND DEALING WITH THEM UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. I WISH TO NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING YOUR
 
BOX OF CONSIGNMENT THAT WAS HANDLE OVER TO ME AFTER THE MEETING HELD BETWEEN ME AND SOME OF THE TOP PARLIAMENT MEMBERS OF BENIN AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIR MINSTER" Mr.
 
Aurélien Agbénonci" IN THE BENIN CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS COTONOU, DUE TO THE DELAY FOR YOU NOT HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX FOR LONG TIME NOW.ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE
 
WAIVED AWAY ALL YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FEES AND AUTHORIZED THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC TO ALLOW ME FLY WITH THIS YOUR APPROVED CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU
 
WITHOUT ANY DELAY WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED. THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL PAY TO CONFIRM YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX RECEIVED IN YOUR POSSESSION IS THE WEIGHT AND KEEPING FEE OF YOUR
 
CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH CALCULATED TO BE SUM OF US $150.00 ONLY.IN ORDER WORDS YOUR BOX IS WITH ME NOW AND I SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU
 
WITH THE TRANSFER SLIP AND I WILL BE COMING ALONG WITH YOUR BOX, BUT REMEMBER THAT AS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I
 
AM A US GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENT AND I HAVE THE POWER TO GO THROUGH ANY AIRPORT CUSTOMS WITHOUT INSPECTING WHAT I CARRY ALONG.AND AS SOON AS I ARRIVE IN YOUR STATE I
 
WILL GIVE YOU A PHONE CALL FOR YOU TO GIVE ME DIRECTION TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN MEET FACE TO FACE AND HAND OVER YOUR BOX TO YOU BEFORE PROCEEDING BACK TO
 
THE STATES. SO I WANT YOU TO RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE BELOW INFORMATION FOR PROPER UNDERSTANDING BY FILLING THE ATTACH HOMELAND SECURITY REGISTRATION FORM OKAY.
 
BENEFICIARY NAME:
ADDRESS:
TEL PHONE:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
AGE:
COPY OF ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
AS SOON AS I ARRIVE I SHALL CALL YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER THEN MEET YOU IN PERSON AND HAND OVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU BEFORE I RETURN BACK TO WASHINGTON DC.I
 
HAVE TAKEN THIS ASSIGNMENT UPON MYSELF BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH ON THE COST OF PROCESSING, BUT NOTHING WAS RECEIVED BY YOU. SO BE ADVICE
 
TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU GET THIS EMAIL NOW BECAUSE EVERY THING HAS BEEN DONE OK. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR PRESIDENT Mr. Donald Trump. ONCE YOU SEND THE MONEY
 
SEND THE MTCN TO ME FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX. THE FEE SHOULD BE SEND VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM FOR URGENT PICK
 
UP" WITH INFORMATION BELOW:
 
Receiver name: Samuel jide
City: Cotonu
Country: Benin
Question: Love
Answer: Lead
AMOUNT: $150.00
QUESTION: WHEN
ANSWER: URGENT
 
INFO TO SEND TO US ONCE THE PAYMENT IS READY FOR PICK UP;
MTCN:
SENDER'S NAME:
SENDER'S ADDRESS:
SENDER'S PHONE NO. . .. . . .. . .
 
AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT SLIP. ALSO YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO US ANY MAIL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM PEOPLE FOR PROPER
 
VERIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION BEFORE YOU DEAL WITH THEM OKAY AS YOU'RE BEING WATCHING BY THE STATES FBI AND OTHER SECURITIES AGENCIES IN YOUR CITY.I HAVE A VERY
 
LIMITED TIME TO STAY HERE SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE WITH THE TRANSFER SLIP, MY DEAR, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND HAVE TO COMPLY
 
AND YOUR BOX SHALL BE DELIVER TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS.BUT REMEMBER THAT AFTER (2DAYS) YOU DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT THEN I WILL DIVERT YOUR FUNDS TO US GOVERNMENT
 
ACCOUNT OR BENIN GOVERNMENT TREASURY ACCOUNT.
 
PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MATTER OF URGENCY.
 
SINCERELY YOURS,
MR: John F. Kelly
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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