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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Horton Billie Jack" <ishipcompany@mail.mn>
Reply-To: <officeishipcompay@fastwebmail.it>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 02:01:59 -0800
Subject: An abandoned shipment from iship

Attn: Consignee,

An abandoned shipment from iship forwarder was brought to our facility today and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 150kg.

The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather personal effect to avoid diversion by the iship delivery Agent.

The details of the consignment are tagged on the Metal Trunk box.

Provide your

1. Your Name.

2. Home phone & Cell Phone.

3. Home delivery address.

4. Occupation.

5. Email Address.

6. Your driver’s license, or any valid ID card via e-mail attachment:

All communication must be held extremely confidential.

Once we are through it is recommend that you deploy the services of either Brinks, Securicore, Group-4, Tran guard etc who are specialists in this field and very much geared to provide the security it needs to your doorstep.

Mr. Horton Billie Jack

mrhortonbilliejack@fastwebmail.it

Anti-fraud resources:

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