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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: "DAVID ELLIS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ellisdavidagent@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:03:25 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS ABOUT YOUR SHIPMENT

Dear Sir/Madam, aomat from the

United Kingdom (UK) at JF Kennedy International Airport in New York and

has since been transfered to
our facility here in Atlanta for onward repatriation to England, the

place of origin. When the boxes were scanned, it revealed an undisclosed

amount of money carefully stashed in 2 Metal Trunk Boxes weighing

approximately 110kg each.

The consignments were actually abandoned basically because the Contents

were falsely declared by the consignee as classified documents and

personal effects when the real content is money.This was done I believe

to either avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent/agency or to avoid

confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomat's inability to pay

for Non Inspection fees among other things are the reason why the

consignment is delayed and abandoned.

By my personal assessment, I think each of the boxe contains about $4M or

thereabout.They are still left in the airport storage facility terminal

till date. The Consignments like I said are two metal trunk boxes

weighing about 65kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm)

effective capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment
including your name and email on the official document from United

Nations' office in London where the shipment was tagged as personal
effects/classified document is still available with us. As it stands now,

you have to reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, full address so I

can cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official

documents. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the

consignment or allow us repatriate it back to UK (place of origin) as we

were instructed.

Like I did say again, the shipper abandoned it and ran away most Most

importantly, because he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for

the customs yellow tag, he could not secure a valid non inspection

document(s), etc. I am ready to assist you in any way I can for you to

get back this packages provided you will also give me something out of it

(financial gratification). You can either come in person, or you engage

the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that will

provide the necessary security/logistics that is required to deliver the

package to your doorstep or the destination destination of your choice. I

need all the guarantee that I can get from you before I an get involved

in this project.

Best Regards,

David Ellis
INSPECTIONS OFFICER
404-462-7953

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