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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: INSPECTION.UNIT <dumel15@dumellotunic.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <airportbox61@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 23:59:49 +0330
Subject: Re: YOUR ABANDONED PACKAGE FOR DELIVERY.

Interim Assistance General Manager,
(Operations, Maintenance, Transportation)
Harrisburg International Airport Pennsylvania
One Terminal Drive, Middle-town,
PA 17057, Pennsylvania USA.
PHONE : 352-469-4333


ATTENTION,

I am Kevin Bryner from Inspection unit Harrisburg International Airport Pennsylvania.We have discovered two abandoned metal suitcase Boxes weighing approximately 130kg each. With reg code#: JG1N8875BS originally scheduled to be delivered to you by the agency foreign payment service. (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L) approximately. when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in 2 Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 130kg each, when scanned by a forensic scanner was revealed to contain 100 dollars bills valued $5.316,000USD (FIVE Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen thousand United States dollars) which has been under Security surveillance for a number of days now.

We have investigated the said Suitcase and the investigation proved the legitimacy of its content. Note, The Funds which belongs to you was initially scheduled for delivery to your residence. As I did say again, the shipper abandoned it and ran away most importantly because he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for the yellow tag, he could not secure a valid non inspection document(s), etc. ever since the discovery of your abandoned Consignments, several attempts has been made to reach you but all efforts proved abortive.

I am ready to assist you in any way I can in getting back this packages provided you will give me something out of it ( financial gratification ) will strictly adhere to my instructions and willing to be honest at all times.

You can either come in person, or you engage the services of a secured shipping/delivery Company/agent that will provide the necessary security requirement to deliver the package to your doorstep or destination of your choice. I need the entire guarantee of your honesty, transparency and your ability to follow our legitimate delivery policy.

You are therefore advised to respond as soon as possible for more clarifications concerning the release of your boxes. A special delivery agent will be assign to deliver your consignment to your address or I will personally bring it by myself to avoid anymore delay or unforeseen circumstance and to ensure safe delivery to your address. the choice is yours to decide if you still need the consignment or allow us repatriate it back to UK (place of origin) as we were instructed.

Get back to me via my official email for more clarification and the status of your consignment. My official EMAIL IS ( inspection.unit@harris-burg.com ) I await your urgent responds.


God Bless The United States of America.

PHONE : 352-469-4333
Kind Regards,
Kevin Bryner
INSPECTION UNIT

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