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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: "Orlando International Airport (MCO)." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <orlandoairport.cargounit@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:41:33 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION: Beneficiary Final Notice of Your Package with reg #: SA335493RDK....

Cargo Unit
Orlando International Airport (MCO).
Orange County, Florida
USA
ATTENTION: Beneficiary Final Notice of Your Package....
In view of your inability to receive your package reg #: SA335493RDK ...
originally scheduled to be delivered to you by the agency foreign
payment service New York. This package in a metal  box valued
5,316,000USD (FIVE Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen thousand United
States  dollars) arrived at Orlando International Airport (MCO) via
British airways flight no. BA460.
The agency Foreign payment service New York staff came and applied for
the release of this package for delivery to your address but has since
not shown up. I am writing to inform you that the days of grace have
expired and we shall begin to charge the storage fee of $10usd daily.
Please contact  MR Roberth Williams , Orlando International Airport (MCO)
delivery officer to release your package and deliver it to you. His
email is : (   orlandoairportcargounit@aol.com  )
Note that this notice serves as our last recovery notice to you as our
department will be compelled to list your package as an unclaimed and
maybe forfeited.
Best regards,
REV.DENIS LOPEZ
Cargo Unit
Orlando International Airport (MCO).
Orange County, Florida
Terminal 8. ext.15a
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER This email originates from CDM Solutions Limited. Registered in England No. 02902543, registered office: Orion Park, Orion Way, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 6PP. This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this in error, you should not disseminate or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. Please also note that any opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the CDM Solutions Limited. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure, or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, late in arriving or incomplete as a result of the transmission process. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which ari se as a result of email transmis

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