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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- feridbelhaj1010@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: STORAGE DEPARTMENT
Reply-To: <feridbelhaj1010@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 05:29:08 -0800
Subject: Your cash consignment box is now available for pick up call-----
Complement of the Season!
I am Mr.Jimmy Dell Ray, a Certified License Broker with the Office of Inspection Unit/United Nations Agency USA.
This is to bring to your kind notice that I have today forwarded a waiver application to Nigeria being applied on your behalf as required here to waive away the highly imposed airport taxes by the STORAGE DEPARTMENT /BONDED WAREHOUSE of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) so as to enable you receive your outstanding delivery possibly today but not until you pay for the mandatory Beneficiary's Waiver Approval Seal of Authentication fee of $85 usd only in line with executive order by the
presidential special task force on federated coffers and accounts treasury reconciliation committee in collaboration with federal board inland revenue who had insisted that all late entry beneficiaries/consignee must not fail to comply within 48 hours (2 business days) with the above stated Waiver Approval Seal of Authentication fee of $85 usd
Unfortunately,your package was abandoned here because the contents was not properly declared by the first delivery agent as “MONEY†rather it was unjustly declared as personal effect whereas the actual contents was revealed to be CASH worth $10.5 million us dollars during the ultra-High speed checked package inspection process which has led to the airport authority imposing avoidable airport penalty,taxes and clearance charges of US$9,600 to release your package.
Consequently,you have only today to comply immediately in order to waiver away the above stated airport penalty/taxes/clearance charges so as to enable you receive your cash consignment box worth $10.5 million us dollars being your compensation entitlement as you are listed among those people that was apparently victimized in Nigeria/Africa in the recent years in pursuit of a said contract/inheritance fund. Hence your attention is highly needed here at this point in time so that your package can be expressly delivered to your forwarded address without delay.
I await your response for further directives on how to send the $85.0 to Nigeria as a pre-requisitive to the stated unconditional waiver approval and this is the only requirement/fees to complete your delivery without any further lapses as you may have encountered before due to inability of the past diplomat to do the needful before bringing in the package into
United States since we have absolutely refused the option of returning back your package to where it came from but due process must be taken in accordance with the regulatory policy of the USA Patriot Act of Congress and international/domestic Airport Authorities that was signed into law by United States of America Government after the 9/11 incident.
Please forward your response to [ feridbelhaj1010@yahoo.com.hk ] and do call me on this number:(847)-440-3154 for more progressive update.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mr.Jimmy D Ray
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