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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: Kennedy McArthur <moimaguette.seye@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kennedymcarthur9@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:57:50 +0100
Subject: LETS ACHIEVE THIS URGENT

Hello,

My name is Kennedy McArthur and i am an inspection Unit director here in
JFK international airport here in New York, City. During a routine check on
cargoed luggages, I discovered an abandoned shipment through a diplomat
from Britain which was not properly tagged and when scanned it was revealed
an undisclosed large sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing
approximately 115kg.

>From further investigation, I found out that the cargoed box was abandoned
because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee before the
authorities that it contained cash but rather it was declared as personal
effect obviously to avoid detection considering that it came in as
diplomatic cargo consignment. Moreso the diplomat's inability to pay for
the mandatory non-inspection fees and other mandatory minor airport
clearance charges as demanded by the United States Customs officials on
point of entry could have led him to abandon the metal box.

On further check, we found out that the box contain more that $20M or above
and the consignment is still left in storage house till today through a U.K
registered shipping Company Courier, the dispatch Service Limited a
division of Trans Guard LTD. The Consignment is one metal box with weight
of about 115kg (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 the British shipping courier with your name tagged on the metal trunk
box.

Now I decided to contact you on a personal note and inquire If you would
want us to transact the delivery of this cargo to you for our mutual
benefit, you should provide the following information to me as quickly as
possible: your phone number, full address, to cross check if it corresponds
with the address on the official document including the name of nearest
airport to your city of residence and other details. These details are
required for the delivery of the cargo to you and be rest assured that I am
officially empowered to approve or disapprove the delivery of the cargo to
its beneficiary and i need an assurance from you that as soon as i approve
for the delivery, you will be responsible for it's transportation to any of
your given residential or office addresses as the case may be.

Note that all communication must be held extremely confidential, I can have
everything concluded within 3 days upon your acceptance and proceed to your
address for delivery. But it must be on the condition that you will give me
40% of the amount contained in the boxes. I want us to transact this
business and share the money before the end of this month considering that
the shippers have abandoned the box containing the money and ran away.

I have plans to resign from work as soon as this deal pulls through and i
kindly demand for your strictest confidentiality henceforth considering my
official position here as a public servant.

I will furnish you with my full contact info asap.

Best Regards
Kennedy McArthur
John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York,
NY 11430, United States

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