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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: "Senator Paul G. Campbell Jr." <petergodwin.sc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Senator Paul G. Campbell Jr." <officefile_00286@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:03:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Phone:+229-683-010-97


Charleston International Airport
Address: 5500 International Blvd,
Charleston, SC 29418, United States
Phone:+229-683-010-97

Compliment,

This letter is from the table of Senator Paul G. Campbell of
Charleston International Airport,this is to inform you that We are
checking over some files and packages in the office and we discovered
a parcel containing ATM CARD which was addressed on your name, (I
think it is Contract/Inheritances funds) I believe you can remember a
dealing that has to do with some cooperate body or individual about
this said funds to be deliver to you through an (ATM CARD) but I do
not have any idea why it was on hold at our Airport up-to-date.

So we decided to contact the FBI and they asked us to get in contact
with the Airport security, to get an approval to figure out what was
in the package, After checking over the ATM CARD, we discover a total
sum of $5.5,000.000 ($5.5 Million USD) through the router figurative
machine who check on balance through the number on the ATM CARD, so we
report back to the Airport security and we were asked to deliver the
package to you from this office.We need you to reconfirm your full
name and Home address to see if it will show on the package we have
here. And also if you want your ATM CARD to be delivered to you
immediately, it will cost you just only $105.00 which is the charges
for security and delivering of this parcel, meanwhile your ATM CARD is
save with our securities service so please have that in mind. The
information above is where the ATM CARD was stopped at Charleston
International Airport (BENIN REPUBLIC)

THIS MAIL IS NOT A SPAM OR SCAM MESSAGE, WE CAN DELIVER YOUR ATM CARD
TODAY IF WE RECEIVED REPLY FROM YOU, I HAVE INCLUDED MY NAME AND MY
SSN: 768 67 6797 FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM FOR REAL AND NOT A SCAM IF
YOU NEED TO VERIFY ME, SO STOP DEALING WITH ANY BODY IF YOU HAVE SOME
IMPOSTORS YOU ARE DEALING WITH AND FOCUS ON GETTING YOUR ATM CARD HERE
IN CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SOUTH CAROLINA,YOU HAVE BEEN
WARNED NOT TO DISCLOSE THIS DEAL TO NO ONE OR ELSE TERMINATION FROM
THE HOUSE OF SENATE WILL PENETRATE ON YOUR FUNDS DUE TO THE FACT THAT
YOU WERE TRYING TO CONTACT ANOTHER PERSON TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS, SO
NO MISTAKE OF SUCH WILL BE TOLERATED.


Senator Paul G. Campbell Jr.
Executive Director
Charleston International Airport
(BENIN REPUBLIC).

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