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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: "Office Of The New Deputy Secretary" <noreply@mail.com>
Reply-To: mr.williamjosephbur9@globomail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:33:56 -0400
Subject: 13/06/12012


Attention: Dear E-mail Owner/Payment Beneficiary,

Firstly, it's my honor in service today to use this medium and my new office
as the Deputy Secretary of the United State of America, to congratulate you in
advance of the success we had after the meeting we conducted yesterday on your
behalf which is the main reason I am sending you this email message as the
bonafide owner of this particular (E-mail ID) we used in contacting you now.

We wish to inform you officially that, your yet unpaid CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
part-payment which we recently discovered in your name valued at USD$7.5M
(Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) with your payment
deposit proof of ownership security reference file no:
(Dpt-Reg-Code-No/568Kg-June/Qx-12) has been APPROVED today by the Management
of the Systematic Cargo/Payment Clearance Warehouse UK, Corporate Head office
in London for the immediate collection of your payment which was discovered
inside two abandoned consignment trunk boxes in your name after it was
RECOVERED back from the previous office where the funds was earlier seized,
intercepted and delayed unnecessarily by some groups of corrupts officials
that has made you not to have received your entitled payment yet up till date
coupled with other discrepancies they recently discovered in your file too.
However, your payment has been approved and it's now due for legal processing
so that it can be release to you in person at their office in London (FACE to
FACE) to further clears all doubts about this transaction due to lot of scam,
because we have concluded all necessary arrangement with the Systematic
Cargo/Payment Clearance Warehouse, Corporate Head Office Executives Board of
Trustee in-addition with the full support of my "BOSS" Mrs. Hillary Rodham
Clinton, who personally raised the motion while the meeting was going on today
and insisted that your consignment trunk boxes/payment should be RELEASED to
you with immediate effect as soon as you arrive London and also comply to
their payment terms/policy needed of you to avoid unnecessary delays.

Sequel to my above explanation, which is in accordance to the new payment
guidelines and legal directives you are advice to follow as soon as you
receive this mail for the collection of your consignment trunk boxes
containing your deposited payment, which has been also been sealed inside the
trunk boxes and CANNOT be tampered with for any reason what soever or to be
allowed by the Systematic Cargo/Payment Clearance Warehouse management or
staffs to open the recovered boxes without your presence being there as
expected of you, because its now against the Systematic Security Services
Local/Foreign Debts Payment office, presently in-charge of handling the final
release of your payment at their office in London and your traveling to London
will further prevent you from making any mistake what soever that may or will
jeopardize your whole chances of claiming and receiving your just RECOVERED
consignment trunk boxes containing your deposited payment in it. This prompted
the Systematic Cargo/Payment Clearance Warehouse World Payment Center, to also
ensure they procured every important payment proof of ownership back-up
clearance papers, certificates and other original life hard copies documents
that legally serves and also bestow the full right to this payment to your
names and will be released to you upon your successful arrival to their UK
head office in London for the out right collection of your consignment box
latest before 2 weeks, so act fast now as you have been duly directed.

To this effect, you are hereby advice as the beneficiary of the aforementioned
recovered consignment trunk boxes containing your inheritance part-payment in
it to act fast, if truly you are the rightful owner of this particular {E-mail
ID} we used in communicating with you now. Ensure you cooperate willingly and
also comply with the Systematic Security Services, newly implemented payment
procedures/policy to enable their office release your just RECOVERED trunk
boxes to you as we have directed you to, because any step taking by you that
goes contrary to the Systematic Cargo/Payment Clearance Warehouse UK,
stipulated laid down law and policy, may jeopardize your whole chances of
receiving your inheritance payment completely, so do not allow this to happen
to your just recovered and recently approved payment, because it will be a
very great lost of financial damage on your part, so if you know you CANNOT go
to their office in person as you have been directed legally due to any reasons
that are best known to you, so as to enable you single handedly pick-up your
consignment/fund trunk boxes in yourself London, because your going to London
in person will really help to convince them in your favor beyond every
reasonable doubt.

On this note, you are hereby advice to immediately contact "Mr. Don Patrick"
immediately you receive this important mail and ensure you ask him to tell you
if there is any other way they can assist you, since their management in
London has made it a mandate for you to visit their office in person for the
collection of your consignment boxes, which is the only way you can be 100%
guaranteed of you receiving your payment this time around after RECOVERING it
from the previous office that its been delayed all this while as a result of
one problem or another, which is the only way they can prevent it in your
favor from been STOPPED, SEIZED, DELAYED or INTERCEPTED again by any
government functionaries, top security agencies/private financial
stake-holders organizations control checking point all over the world, so
contact (Mr. Don Patrick) now otherwise, if they DO NOT hear from you directly
within the next "14" working days concerning your trip to their office in
London for the self collection of your consignment/fund trunk box, because as
you may know, the UNITED STATE government has mandated the Systematic
Cargo/Payment Clearance Warehouse UK, payment/consignment releasing officer
that you will be contacting their office today in regards to the collection of
your consignment trunk box and sign the procured documents as well serving as
your proof before the irrevocable "14" working days final DEADLINE MANDATE
given to you to complete the legal signing and collection of your consignment
box at the London office elapses.

You are therefore, advice as a matter of urgency to contact "Mr. Don Patrick"
immediately at their Corporate Head Office in London for further instructions
and proper guidelines in regards to the collection/release of your recovered
consignment trunk box valued at USD$7.5M as soon as possible via his below
contact info:-

Contact Person: Mr. Don Patrick (P.R.O)
Direct 24hrs Contact Phone No: +447024023534.
Contact E-mail: systematiccargowarehouse@yahoo.co.uk

Upon reaching him, please tell "Mr. Don Patrick" that you received a message
from the OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATE OF
AMERICA today notifying you about the successful approval and release of your
yet unpaid overdue inheritance fund in their custody valued at USD$7.5M, which
is now available for immediate collection/pick-up by you, so call him as soon
as you receive this message on his direct line: +447024023534, so that you can
have a verbal discussion with him to enable you "FIX" a "DATE" with him of
when you will be traveling to their office in London for the collection of
your consignment trunk box, including other highly important documentation
serving as your proof and clearance of the recovered funds inside your
consignment box to prevent it from been CANCELLED out rightly after the
stipulated given date.

Once again, we regrets every delays & problems you have gone through in the
past years trying to receive your payment and thanks also for adhering to this
instruction and once again accept my congratulations in advance.

Best Regards,

Mr. William J. Burns,
Office Of The New Deputy Secretary
Of State, Washington DC, United-State.
Email: mr.williamjosephbur9@globomail.com

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