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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: Diplomat Robert Brown <wwwbankofamericacom10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Diplomat Robert Brown <diplomaticrobertbrown@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 08:38:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention: Dear How are you?


Attention: Dear How are you?

This is Diplomat Robert Brown. I have arrived New Jersey USA with your consignment box $1.5Million USD. And i would like you to know that i have waited you a lot for re-confirmation of your full information as discussed before i left from Originated country. Well, without wasting much of my time here. Due to the delay, i am writing to clarify my final discussion with sir Mark Williams Senior Secretary to you. My dear, i am not feeling comfortable here and i have concluded with sir Mark Williams that i will move your consignment funds to the correspondent bank here in USA then the next step that we will follow is this, bank will follow the procedures and send an ATM CARD to you than for me to carry out the delivery in cash which will be a risk. The reason is this, the Delivery Permit Document that back this box from the originated country to here has been expired with this reason, i cannot proceed to your resident with such expired document unless i ask
for a New Delivery Permit which will cost more money while you cannot afford it cost.

I want you to know that delay is the causes of all this mess and the delay still on.  So let proceed on sending an atm card to you through the help of correspondent bank here so that you will be withdrawing your money from any ATM machine closer to you there. To avoid any further delay again, i will advise you to send your full address, phone and the $147 dollars as it is compulsory that you clear the demur-rage fee before we can proceed today. Note, this ATM card payment will not take bank more than 48 hours after i made the depositing with them. So it depend on when you send the demur-rage fee that this can be commenced. The required $147 is both for delivery fee of the ATM card to your home address.


YOUR FULL NAME :
HOUSE ADDRESS : 
CELL NUMBER:
PHONE NUMBER:

I am waiting, but less assuming that you still wanted me to carry on with the initial arrangement to deliver in cash payment then you will bear the responsibility of the new Delivery Permit document. Hope everything is cleared to you?.Waiting for your suggestions.

Respective:
Robert Brown diplomat Agent
Address:3 Brewster Rd, Newark,
NJ 07114, United States,

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