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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: linda kikpalya jones <lindakikpalya@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:50:10 -0800
Subject: Very urgent from miss linda kikpalya

Inspection Officer
Muritala mohammed international airport
Lagos,Nigeria

Good day,

Please confirm if you are the owner of the above name and contact address
as the address is what we have in one consignment box here in Muritala
mohammed international airport

I am Ms Linda Kikpalya. Director Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection
Agent in Muritala mohammed international airport
Lagos,Nigeria . During our investigation, I discovered an abandoned
shipment from a Diplomat from Cote D,Ivoire under ship forwarder was
transferred from Felix houphouet Boigny Airport Abidjan,Cote D,Ivoire to
our facility here in Lagos and when scanned, it revealed an undisclosed sum
of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 110kg . The
consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by
the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid
diversion by the Shipping Agent also the Diplomat inability to pay for Non
Inspection Fees.

On my assumption, the box will contain more than $4 million united states
of american dollars and the consignment is still left in storage house till
today through a registered shipping Company, Courier Dispatch Service
Limited a division of Tran Guard Ltd. The Consignment they are one metal
box with weight of about 110kg (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm).
Effective capacity: 680 L.) Approximately.

The details of the consignment including your name the official document
from United Nation office in Cote D,Ivoire are tagged on the Metal Trunk
box. You should provide your Phone Number full address, name of nearest
Airport around and other details or disregard. You can send the required
details to me for onward delivery.

All communication must be held extremely confidential. I can get
everything concluded within 3-6 hours upon your acceptance and proceed to
your address for delivery. But I must get assurance from you concerning my
50% before I will proceed.

I want us to transact this business and share the money, since the
shippers have abandoned it and ran away. We shall pay for the Non
inspection fee and arrange for the box to be moved out of this Airport to
your address, once we are through I will deploy the services of a secured
shipping Company geared to provide the security it needs to your doorstep,
or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble. But I will share it
50% to you and 50% to me.

If you assure me of my 50% and agreed with my condition, you should
contact me and I shall give you my telephone number for easy
communication..Reply me through my private email ( lindakikpalya@gmail.com)

I await to hear from you.

Ms Linda Kikpalya
Inspection Officer

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