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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: carlosverde@psuv.org.ve
Reply-To: documentationoffice76@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:02:43 +0200
Subject: Re: Your Abandoned Package For Delivery


Interim Assistance General Manager, (Operations,Maintenance,Transportation)=
Assistance Inspection Director Honolulu International Airport 300 Rodgers =
Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA Hello Good Friend Re: Your Abandoned Pac=
kage For Delivery I have very vital information to give to you, but first I=
must have your trust before I review it to you because it may cause me my =
job, so I need somebody that I can trust for me to be able to review the se=
cret to you. I am Mr.William Emmad, head of luggage/baggage storage facilit=
ies (Operations,Maintenance,Transportation) here at the Honolulu Internatio=
nal Airport,Hawaii USA. During my recent withheld package routine check at =
the Airport Storage Vault, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplom=
at from London and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in =
a metal trunk box. The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of th=
e consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as =93MONEY=94 rat=
her it was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the =
inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charg=
es which is $3,700USD. On my assumption the consignment is still left in ou=
r Storage House here at the Honolulu International Airport,Hawaii till date=
. The details of the consignment including your name, your email address an=
d the official documents from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagge=
d on the Trunk box. However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual rec=
ipient of this consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit=
, I will advise you provide your current Phone Number and Full Address, to =
enable me cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official do=
cuments including the name of nearest Airport around your city. Please note=
that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the United Stat=
es Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concludin=
g the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to rec=
eive your details on my official email account. So in order words to enable=
me cross check your details, I will advise you send the required details t=
o my private email address for quick processing and response. Once I confir=
m you as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I can get everything conclu=
ded within 48hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your address for del=
ivery. Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to c=
ontact you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us=
to transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me s=
ince the consignment has not yet been returned to the United States Treasur=
y Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the confi=
rmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the United States Non Inspecti=
on Fee of $3,700 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to your do=
orstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have t=
o assure me of my 30% share. I wait to hear from you urgently if you are st=
ill alive and I will appreciate if we can keep this deal confidential. Plea=
se get back to me via my private Email:(xxxbent1@yahoo.com) for further dir=
ectives: You can call me on my telephone number and drop a message. Thank y=
ou. William Emmad Interim Assistance General Manager, (Operations,Maintenan=
ce,Transportation) Assistance Inspection Director Honolulu International Ai=
rport 300 Rodgers Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA

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