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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: "Brian R. Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dbeardsley001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:53:37 +0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION ON YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX: SEE CONTACT BELOW TO CLAIM

Airport Storage and Cargo
UnitKansas City International Airport
601 Brasilia Ave, Kansas City, MO 64153,
United States

ATTENTION:

Notice On Your Package reg #: JG1N8875BS In view of your inability to receive your package reg #: JG1N8875BSoriginally scheduled to be delivered to you by the agency foreign paymentservice Seattle.

This package in a metal box valued 2,316,000USD (TwoMillion, Three Hundred and Sixteen thousand United States dollars) arrivedat Kansas City International Airport via Delta Airlines flight no.DL 9182. The agency Foreign payment service Seattle staff came and applied for therelease of this package for delivery to your address but has since not shown up.

I am writing to inform you that we have intercepted and investigated the said package and investigations proved the legitimacy and that the package wasinitially scheduled for delivery to you, you are therefore advised to make contact with Mr. David Beardsley, All American Courier, llc Director of Delivery to recover your package and deliver it to you.

Email is: ( dbeardsley001@gmail.com ) Note that this notice serves as our last recovery notice to you as the grace day givento you has expired and we shall begin to charge $20.00 for each day the package staysin our custody, you are therefore advised make move to recover your or we will be compelled to list your package as an unclaimed and maybe forfeited and moved to the United StatesTreasury Department for holding.

Best regards, Brian R. Adams,
Director, Airport Storage and Cargo Unit
Kansas City International Airport.

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