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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: HOMELAND SECURITY <"WWW."@minos.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: HOMELAND SECURITY <homelands612@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 05:50:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: United States Homeland Security

Southwest, Washington, D.C.,
Washington, D.C., United States
Email: homelands612@gmail.com
Phone: ((719) 782-4144

I am Kendrick William, a personal assistant to the Secretary of the Homeland Security JEH CHARLES JOHNSON, the civil and criminal trial lawyer and the current United States Secretary of Homeland Security. We received a report from ECOWAS this morning that you have an abandoned fund worth $3,700.000.00 (Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars located in United Bank for Africa (UBA) in a certified ATM master card, meanwhile we instructed ECOWAS and the concerned authorities to bring the card to our Head office here in Washington DC. which they did this morning and now the card is in our custody, we want you to reconfirm your information as listed below for the delivery of the certified ATM master card to your home address:

1. Your Full Names:
2. Your Cell Phone Number:
3. Your Residential Address:
4. Your Nearest Airport………………………
5. A copy of your passport photo for proper identification

The delivery arrangement will be made as soon as i receive and confirm the above information, you can reach me via the following line (719) 782-4144. Text msgs/call or email us at (homelands612@gmail.com)

I await your urgent response.

Regards
Kendrick William
United States Homeland Security

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