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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,Alejandro Mayorkas" <rbc.royalbankofcanada453@gmail.com>
Reply-To: agenthomeland4@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 10:35:47 +0000
Subject: Congratulation to your Compensation fund.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
MG Timothy J. Lowenberg, Adjutant General and Director State Military
Department Washington Military Dept., Bldg1 Camp Murry ,Wash USA
Tell:(360-868-6647)


I HOPE THIS MAIL FINDS YOU IN GOOD SPIRIT AND IN GOOD HEALTH? BECAUSE
I AM QUITE AWARE OF YOUR LOSSES IN THE PAST YEARS NOW, IT MAY

SURPRISE YOU THAT I AM ALSO AWARE OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOXES PURSUIT IN
BENIN, GHANA, TOGO, NIGERIA, SPAIN, FRANCE, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA,

CHINA, AND KOREA, MY NAME IS MR. ALEJANDRO MAYORKERS THE NEW SECRETARY
OF U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF AMERICA , AM IN CHARGE

TO MONITORED ALL FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS IN AFRICA EUROPE AND ASIA. I
HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SINCE THE

GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, MONITORING THE VARIOUS
TRANSACTIONS GOING ON IN AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA, MOST ESPECIALLY

CONSIGNMENTS CASES AND BANK TRANSFER. I DO NOT INTEND TO SPOIL YOUR
DAY OR TO PUT YOU UNDER DURESS. BUT YOU CAN NOT RECEIVE ANY OF YOUR

CONSIGNMENTS BOXES PURSUIT WITHOUT A CLEARANCE FROM THE U.S DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HOWEVER UPON MY ARRIVAL IN BENIN REPUBLIC

AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH OUR NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BANI-MOON, DUE TO NUMEROUS

COMPLAINS FROM OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES FROM AFRICA ASIA, EUROPE,
OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RESPECTIVELY, AGAINST THE BENIN GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIA OVER THE RATE
OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND AFRICA.

WHEN I ARRIVE IN THE BENIN PARLIAMENT IN COTONOU, I FOUND YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX CLEARANCE FILE LYING ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIR OFFICE DESK

WITHOUT ANY ATTENTION ON A THOROUGH SCRUTINY I DISCOVERED THAT YOUR
CONSIGNMENT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BY YOUR DELIVERY AGENT. MEANWHILE, I

WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO REACH YOU, BUT NO WAY
AND THEY HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT

BUT TO NO AVAIL. TO MY GREATEST SURPRISE, DURING MY RECENT ROUTINE
RE-CHECKING, I PERSONALLY DISCOVERED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTENT

DECLARATION DOCUMENTS STATED THAT YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTAINS PERSONAL
EFFECTS MEANWHILE, IT CONTAINS UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILLS WORTH

OVER US$9.6 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE
CONSIGNMENT TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU EARLIER BEFORE NOW. BASED ON THIS

PERSONAL DISCOVERY, I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WITH
MY POSITION AND POWER AS THE SECRETARY OF U.S DEPARTMENT OF

HOMELAND SECURITY, I CAN ASSIST YOU TO LEGALLY CLEAR YOUR CONSIGNMENT
FUND, BUT YOU MUST AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. BECAUSE I

HAVE CALLED OUR OFFICE IN WASHINGTON,DC FROM BENIN, WHO HAS BEEN
INTERCEPTING ALL YOUR TELEPHONE CALLS, WITH THE HELP OF MTN, TIGO

VODAFONE AND AIR-TEL NETWORK BENIN.

I ALSO RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE IN
BENIN REPUBLIC, ABOUT YOUR EMAILS, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING AND

SENDING MONEY TO PEOPLES IN BENIN, GHANA, SOUTH AFRICA, TOGO, BENIN,
AND NIGERIA , WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR. YOU ARE

ALSO DEALING WITH A BANK, AND OTHER NAMES WHICH I AM STILL WAITING TO
BE FORWARDED TO ME FROM OUR OFFICE IN WASHINGTON DC. WHO HAVE

MONITORED ALL YOUR DEALINGS WITH THIS HOODLUM?

YOU ARE ADVICE TO HENCE FORT STOP FURTHER DEALINGS WITH ALL THE ABOVE
MENTIONED PEOPLE UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE

YOU’RE DEALING WITH THEM IS TERMED AS ILLEGAL TRANSACTION. I WISH TO
INFORM YOU THAT WE THE HOMELAND SECURITY IS ON LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE

ABOVE MENTIONED NAME, MOSTLY THOSE WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF
WEST AFRICAN DEBT WESTERN UNION AND MONEY GRAM AND PROPERTY RECOVERY

BENIN. ALL THIS MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE IMPOSTOR, AND WE INTEND TO
APPREHEND THEM SOON. I WANT YOU TO PLEASE STOP COMMUNICATING, AND

DEALING WITH THEM UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. I WISH TO
NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING YOUR BOX OF

CONSIGNMENT THAT WAS HANDLE OVER TO ME AFTER THE MEETING HELD BETWEEN
ME AND SOME OF THE TOP PARLIAMENT MEMBERS OF BENIN AND THE FOREIGN

AFFAIR MINISTER IN THE BENIN CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS COTONOU, DUE TO THE
DELAY FOR YOU NOT HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX FOR LONG TIME

NOW. ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE WAIVED AWAY ALL YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX
CLEARANCE FEES AND AUTHORIZED THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC TO
ALLOW

ME FLY WITH YOUR APPROVED CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY
WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED. THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL PAY TO CONFIRM YOUR

CONSIGNMENT BOX RECEIVED IN YOUR POSSESSION IS THE WEIGHT FEE OF YOUR
CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH IS SUM OF$225.00 ONLY.

IN ORDER WORDS YOUR BOX IS WITH ME NOW AND I SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR
COUNTRY OR STATE AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU AND I WILL BE COMING

ALONG WITH YOUR BOX OF CONSIGNMENT, BUT REMEMBER THAT AS THE SECRETARY
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

I AM A US GOVERNMENT SECURITY AGENT AND I HAVE THE POWER TO GO THROUGH
ANY AIRPORT CUSTOMS WITHOUT INSPECTING WHAT I CARRY ALONG. AND AS

SOON AS I ARRIVE IN YOUR STATE I WILL GIVE YOU A PHONE CALL FOR YOU TO
GIVE ME DIRECTION TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN MEET FACE

TO FACE AND HAND OVER YOUR BOX TO YOU BEFORE PROCEEDING BACK TO THE
STATES. SO I WANT YOU TO RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE BELOW INFORMATION FOR

PROPER UNDERSTANDING BY FILLING THE ATTACH HOMELAND SECURITY
REGISTRATION FORM OKAY.

BENEFICIARY NAME:......................... ........
ADDRESS:...................... .............................
TEL PHONE:........................ ........................
OCCUPATION:................... .........................
COUNTRY:...................... .............................
SEX:.......................... .............................. ......

AS SOON AS I ARRIVE I SHALL CALL YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER THEN
MEET YOU IN PERSON AND HAND OVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOU BEFORE I

RETURN BACK TO WASHINGTON DC. I HAVE TAKEN THIS ASSIGNMENT UPON MYSELF
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH ON THE

COST OF DELIVERY, BUT NOTHING WAS RECEIVED BY YOU. SO BE ADVICE TO
CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU GET THIS EMAIL NOW BECAUSE EVERY THING HAS

BEEN DONE OK. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM OUR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. ONCE YOU
SEND THE MONEY, TRY TO NOTIFY ME WITH THE MTCN FOR EASY PICK UP

AND FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX, FOR
YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR INHERITED FUNDS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY

AGAIN. SINCE YOU WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE IT SINCE

PLEASE SEND THE FEE VIA MONEY GRAM OFFICE WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION.

1;RECEIVER: Name :Kenneth Jerome McDuffie
2;COUNTRY: United State of America
3;State: Gerogia
6;AMOUNT; $225 usd
7;Send by (Walmart to Walmart)
MTCN:........
SENDER'S NAME:.............
SENDER'S ADDRESS:.........

AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE THROUGH MONEY GRAM OFFICE TODAY MAKE SURE
YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION. ONCE YOU SEND THE MONEY, TRY

TO NOTIFY ME WITH THE MTCN FOR CONFIRMATION AND FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
ON THE HANDLING OVER OF YOUR FUND TO YOU. ALSO YOU ARE TO FORWARD

TO US ANY MAIL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM PEOPLE FOR PROPER
VERIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION BEFORE YOU DEAL WITH THEM OKAY.

I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME TO STAY HERE SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
URGENTLY RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE WITH THE PAYMENT, MY DEAR, THIS IS
THE

OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND HAVE TO COMPLY AND YOUR BOX SHALL BE
DELIVERING TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS. BUT REMEMBER THAT AFTER (3
DAYS) YOU

DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENT THEN I WILL DIVERT YOUR FUNDS TO US
GOVERNMENT FUND OR BENIN GOVERNMENT TREASURY. PLEASE TREAT THIS AS
MATTER

OF URGENCY.

SINCERELY YOURS,
MR.ALEJANDRO MAYORKERS
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
Email:(agenthomeland4@gmail.com)
Tell:(360-868-6647)

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