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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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Fraud email example:

From: info@visbyfuturasport.it
Reply-To: kevinbryner00x2015@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:11:43 -0800
Subject: Re:Get back to me.

Charlotte Douglas International
Airport 5601 Wilkinson
Blvd Charlotte,NC,
INSPECTION UNIT.
Email: kevinbryner00x2015@hotmail.com
Phone Text only for Security reason: # 317 561 1107.



I have very vital information, 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 secret to you.

I am Mr. Kevin Bryner, Chief Inspection Agent- United Nations Inspection
Unit at Charlotte Douglas International Airport North Carolina USA,
working hand in hand with Department of Homeland Security and U.S
Customs and Border Protection. During our investigation, I discovered an
abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Africa and when scanned it
revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box weighing
approximately 25kg each. The consignment was abandoned because the
Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it
was declared as film materials to avoid diversion by the shipping agent
and also the Diplomat inability to pay for Non Inspection Fees.

On my assumption, the boxes will contain about $4Million USD and the
consignment is still left in the storage house till today, but as the
year is coming to and end you most act fast. The consignment are two
metal boxes with weight of about 25kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x
H156 x D73 (cm). Effective capacity: 110 LBS.). Approximately, the
details of the consignment including your name and address, the official
document from United Nation office are tagged on the Metal Trunk box.

Provide your name, phone number and full home address, to cross check if
it corresponds with the name and address on the consignment including
the name of nearest airport around your city and other details. You can
send the required details to me by email for onward delivery. All
communication must be held extremely confidential text only. I can get
everything concluded within 48hours upon your acceptance and proceed to
your address for delivery if you assure me of sharing the content 30%
for me / 70% with you on my arrival to your house.

I want to transact this business with you and share the money, since the
shipper has abandoned it and disappeared because of the fear of being
arrested by the authorities. I will pay for the Non inspection fee and
arrange for the box to be moved out of this airport to your address by
myself. But I will share it 30%/70% with you. I assure you that this is
legal and 100% risk free.

I have paid for the Non inspection fee of $4,700 USD and the consignment
box is now with the airport authority, I have also made arrangement to
move the box out of the airport to your address but there is a little
delay here. I just found out that the customs Tag is not on the
consignment and without the custom Tag i cannot move the box out to the
departure section.

Therefore, we need to get the Tag with the sum of $280 Dollars and I
don’t have the $280 Dollars Due to after paying for the Non inspection
fee of $4,700.00 USD which I paid last week Friday and the airport
authority have issued me the receipt , So you will assist me with the
$280 Dollars So that I will get the Tag to enable them allowed me to
move out from the airport immediately.



Mr.Kevin Bryner.
INSPECTION UNIT.

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