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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: CONTACT THE DIPLOMAT AGENT NOW <albertbonin6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: crediblesoundservicesfirm@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:57:17 -0800
Subject:

Official Residence of the Vice president of the US)
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA
Construction started: 13 October 1792
Ph: (269-8437 0031

Reply Now The Diplomat Is Stranded Reply Sir/Mam,

I’m Gen. John F. Kelly, the new secretary of U.S. Department of the
Homeland Security Security Agency security appointed through Office
of the Presidency USA. I was delegated along side others by the United
Nations to tore round Africa, USA, Asia and Europe to investigate the
fraudsters who had been in the business of swindling foreigners mostly
those that has one form of transaction / contracts and another.

Please be informed that in the course of our investigation Panel,
we detected that your name and details are found into our digital light
Scammed Monitoring Network among the victim. We found out that you
were scammed of a huge sum by impostors via Western union and Money
Gram.

But while on the investigation, we observed a Consignment Box in your
name, and so we need to know what is actually going on? Have forgotten
your Consignment Box in the past or what? It was on a report that you
have an unclaimed/abandoned whort the sum of the US$10.5USD (Ten Million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollar) in the USA and West Africa.

Currently, we observed the Agent are having issues of misplaces of
your house location address, if the silent kept it self, we may not
have any option if not to allow the Federal Treasure to do their work
against your total fund inside the Consignment Box.

DO CONTACT THE DIPLOMAT AGENT NOW ON;
Name; Mr. Mr.Kelly Morgan
E-Mail;crediblesoundservicesfirm@gmail.com

DO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING AND CONTACT THE AGENT,
(1) Your Full Name =============
(2) Cell Phone Number ===========
(3) Current Home Address =========
(4) Country ======================
(5) City ==========================
(6) Nearest Airport To You =========

Finally, do reply now to enable the Diplomat Agent who is stranded at
the Pittsburgh International Airport in Pennsylvania USA to fly expressly
to your location with your Consignment Box and have it over to you.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. John F. Kelly
E-Mail; clemjeff915@gmail.com
USA INVESTIGATION DICTATOR (AMERICA GOOD NATION BE BLESS).
Seal of the Executive Office of the President of the United States

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