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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: Paul Ingle <paulingle2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: inglepaul2012@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 14:21:19 -0700
Subject: Important Notice!!!!!

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Hi,

I am Mr Ingle Paul the UN inspection agent here at Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport Georgia. I have contacted you regarding
an abandoned diplomatic shipment which I discovered during an
inspection at one of the airport air cargo warehouse and when scanned
the content revealed some US dollar bill in it which could be
approximately 2million-3million dollars. The consignment box was
abandoned here by a diplomat who was on transit to your city due to
lack of proper delivery clearance paper and his inability to pay the
required fee of 1,700dollars on the diplomatic consignment box for
clearance delivery and the official document of the consignment box
which indicates your name, your address and your email address.

I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this
abandoned box so that we can transact this as a deal and share the
money 70% for you and 30% for me. I want you to provide me your full
name, phone Number, full address and the nearest airport close to you
to verify with the details in the official document. Immediately the
confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the clearance
delivery Fee of 1,700dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered
to you or I can bring it myself to ensure a safe delivery but you have
to assure me of my 30% share of the total money in the box. I can get
everything concluded within 48hours upon your acceptance. All
communication must be held extremely confidential to ensure a
successful delivery. Do send the requested details to my private email
address (inglepaul2012@gmail.com )I await to hear from you urgently
and please treat as confidential if you want to co-operate.

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