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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: "elaineduke@legislator.com" <rdhughes@txwinet.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:52:57 -0500
Subject: Transaction .



This is Elaine Duke Deputy Secretary United States Homeland Security.
The reason why I contact you is because, we found a special cargo Old
Box, which has been abandoned here at our warehouse In Los Angeles
International Airport, The Box Has spent a lot of time here without
knowing the contents of it, and when scanned, it revealed an
undisclosed sum of money on it. From my findings, the cargo originated
from Benin Republic and the content was not declared as money by the
consignor in order to avoid diversion by the shipping agent. So after
our discovering, we decided to break the box and we realize that the
box contained $8.5 Million USD dollars, the equivalent of about
£5million. Get back to me here for more details God Bless You and
Bless America.

Best Regards
Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke
Los Angeles International Airport
1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045, United States
Code: LAX Elevation: 38 m
Email. elaineduke@legislator.com


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