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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <allamericandelivery004@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:52:33 -0400
Subject: FINAL NOTICE ON IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND DELIVERY OF YOUR FUNDS

Airport Storage and Cargo Unit
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045, United States


ATTENTION:Notice On Your Consignment Box reg #: JG1N8875BS.


In view of your inability to receive your Consignment Box reg #:
JG1N8875BS originally scheduled to be delivered to you by the agency
foreign payment service New York. This Consignment box in a metal box
valued 2,316,000USD (Two Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen thousand
United States dollars) arrived at Los Angeles International Airport
(LAX) via United Airlines Flight UA 4130.

I am writing to inform
you that we have intercepted and investigated the said Consignment box
and the investigation proved the legitimacy of its content. Note, your
Consignment box was initially scheduled for delivery to you, The
Diplomat who arrived with the Consignment made several attempts to reach
you all efforts proved abortive so he decided to leave for his country
but before he left he settled the delivery charges and left the Storage
Keeping Charges unpaid due to the reasons that he did not know when you
will make claim on the consignment and the Cargo and Storage Unit
charges $20.00 for each day the Consignment box stays in their custody.


You are therefore advised to make contact with Mr. David Beardsley of All
American Courier, llc, and U.S Customs Broker to assist you recover your
Consignment box and deliver it to you. You can contact him through his
email is: (allamericandelivery004@gmail.com) to recover your Consignment or
we will be compelled to list your Consignment Box as an unclaimed and
maybe forfeited and moved to the United States Treasury Department for
holding.


God Bless The United States of America.

Frank R.Moore

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