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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: "Robert Cains" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <debraloudermilk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 20:00:11 +0800
Subject: Contact Ms. Loudermilk for your card

U.S. Customs and Border protection Enforcement
Office of Investigations SAC Offices
SAC Washington, DC
2675 Prosperity Avenue
Fairfax, VA 22031
 
 
Attn: Parcel Owner,
 
 
This is to inform you that a parcel addressed to you  has been intercepted during a random/rountine check of  parcels from Africa. On further investigation, we discovered that the parcel has enclosed therein an ATM card and a letter stating the value of the card to be Two Million,Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars only ($2.750M) hence the temporary seizure.
 
However, we have received instructions to contact you and release the parcel and its content.
 
Failure to comply within 14 working days of this mail we shall invoke the extant laws and have the parcel confiscated.
 
Contact Ms. Debra Loudermilk on (debraloudermilk@gmail.com) as soon as possible to get further details on how to receive your fund.
 
Regards,
Mr. Robert Cains.

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