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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: "Mr. David Morris" <"USA."@friend.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "dhl.courierservice042dhl@yahoo.com" <dhl.courierservice042dhl@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 06:44:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED PLEASE.


YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED PLEASE.

how are you doing today, i am diplomatic agent ( Mr. David Morris ) and I have done all the necessary arrangement in delivering of your funds. please dear what is going on? where are you right now i have been calling and you don’t pick up my calls, well if what am hearing is not truth kindly get back to me very urgent to this email, we have a crucial situation here in this airport,

please i need to know the truth before handing over your TWO consignment boxes containing the sum of ($18.5million United State dollars) to them for me to go back to my country, the situation here in this airport is that some group of people in number of two United State men came to this airport and told me that you had an auto-crash last week and you died two days ago, and that upon your death, you assigned them to be the next of kin over your funds and properties,

So please i am very much confuse here i don't know what to do because they brought a death certificate signed by a medical doctor showing that you are dead.

they also brought a signed letter of change of ownership and appointment of next-of-kin over your properties including your funds in the consignment boxes that are with me in this airport and they said that you even made a provision of the needed ($250.00 USD) fee for them to clear all the outstanding bill delaying the smooth delivery of your consignment box to you in your home,

but personally i'm not well convinced that you are dead that is why i asked them to hold back the ($250.00 USD) fee and come back tomorrow so that i will do my own investigations to find out if you are dead or alive because i am confuse if this is truth then i will confirm from you.

prior to this development i told them to come back tomorrow, meanwhile; i have reported this case to the airport police authority, so if truth indeed you are alive, i want you to write me back immediately you receive this email before it will be too late, to decide on how to get them arrest with the airport police authority when those men comes back tomorrow.

Text or call: +1(917) 266-0162 in for verification and for prompt collection of your fund. or you write me back with the payment information of the needed fee of ($250.00 USD) to obtain the necessary document so that your funds can be deliver , send the fee to the origin country of your consignment when it came from been Benin republic for them to clear all the outstanding bill delaying the smooth delivery of your consignment boxes to you in your home, Text me now: +1(917) 266-0162

here is the payment details and please do try your possible best to send it before 4:pm today as i have no mush time left to enable me come over to your house and hand over your package to you and then go back immediately.

receiver name;....... NNA RAY
country;..............BENIN
city;..................COTONOU
test question;........WHEN
answer;..............NOW
amount;..............($250.00 USD)
Mtcn#...................
Sender's name..........
your full name........
your number.........
home address.....
occupation.....

kindly do that immediately because if you fail to do that, i will assume that you are dead as they have claimed, and hand over your consignment box over to them and go back to my country, your non-compliance will mean that actually you are dead as they claim and i will not hesitate to hand over your consignment box to them and go back as they have pleaded to me.

i will be waiting to hear from you urgently.

Regard
Mr. David Morris
diplomatic agent in charge of your delivering.

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