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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: "L.A.X AIRPORT SECURITY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allamericadeliveryagent@usa.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 06:49:47 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION:Notice On Your Consignment Box reg #: JG1N8875BS.

L.A.X AIRPORT SECURITY
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045, United States


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

Today we have discovered an abandoned metal suitcase with reg code#:JG1N8875BS originally scheduled to be delivered to you by the agency foreign
payment service New York. This Suitcase is a metal box when scanned by a forensicscanner was revealed to contain 100 dollars bills valued $2,316,000USD(Two Million, Three Hundred and Sixteen thousand United States dollars) which has been under Security survaellance for a number of days now.

I am writing to inform you that 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 residense, 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 attempt to claim the consignmentand the Cargo and Storage Unit charges $20.00 for each day the Consignment box stays in their custody for its safety keeping.

You are therefore advised to make contact with Mr.Jenna Elba of All American Courier, llc, a U.S Customs Broker to assist you recover your
Consignment box and deliver it to your home. You may contact him through his email:(allamericandeliveryagent@usa.com) to recover your Consignment or
we will be compelled to list your Fund as an unclaimed consignment and maybe forfeited and moved to the United States Treasury Department for holding.

God Bless
"
Sincerely,

Jenna Elba
All american courier...........
Director of Delivery Operations

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