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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: "un.office. fund" <ekaetteudoh123@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

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Attention Honorable Beneficiary

My name is Alejandro Mayorkas General Secretary of HOMELAND Security
Agency appointed by Mr President Sir Joe Biden, i am contacting in
reference of the notice submitted in my office on Dec 3rd 2022

A consignment box containing a very huge amount of Fund about
$22,000,000 USD was brought here to be kept in custody by one
Delegate Anderson Curtis of the cyber intelligence unit of the
International Police who was assigned to Africa to handle issues
involving foreign Beneficiaries being ripped each time they try to
make a claim on their inheritance. This was done some months ago which
the Agent stated that the consignment belongs to you.

I discovered that the ex-director used this opportunity to extort
money from you, and still did not deliver that your fund to you, I
felt very disappointed and depressed, and I keep asking myself, 'why
would anyone do such a thing, trying to steal from you and still
failed to deliver your fund to you' which is very bad.

The Reason why I decided to handle this transaction myself is just to
ensure that nothing illegal takes place be sure you get your fund this
time if only you can comply with my directions, therefore I expect you
to comply with me so I can finalize your transaction and have your
fund delivered to you without further delay, only few steps you have
to take to get this done.

You are advised to get back to me as soon soon as possible and let me
know how much you have sent to him and what are the reasons he gave
you before extorting money from you, and note that I want your fund
delivered as soon as possible, therefore please do not hesitate to get
back to me so I can fix the damages Mr Kelvin McAleenan has caused.

ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
ID CARD
SECURITY LICENSE
NEXT OF KIN
NEAREST AIRPORT

Thanks for your time and understanding...


Regards..
Alejandro Mayorkas
Homeland Security Director

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