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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: "Charles W. Winwood" <unit8786@kcocounit6754.pl.tn>
Reply-To: <donald.chadwick@op.pl>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:48:28 -1000
Subject: Re: confirmation letter!

From: The coordinator U.S. Customs' activities
Chicago O Hare International Airport USA.

To: Consignment's Owner

Greetings!

During recent routine check at the Airport Storage / vault on withheld packages, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from London transit on Asia Royal Cargo as Revealed When it was scanned an undisclosed sum of money in two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 35 kg each. The consignment was abandoned Because the Contents was not properly Declared by the consignee as "MONEY" rather it was Declared as Military Staff effect to avoid interrogation And Also the Inability of the diplomat to pay for International Consignment Money Movement charge before bringing in consignment into the U.S. and we refused to return the consignment to its source of origin due to the royal real placed on it, which We have already received it as part of the documentations.

On my assumption, your two consignment trunk boxes valued at the total sum of Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15.5Million) and the consignment is still left in our Storage House here at the office Special Agent Unit till date.

The details of the consignment includes your name, your email address and the official document from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Metal Trunk boxes in your favor. However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this consignment, I will advise you to Provide your current Phone Number and Full Address to enable me cross check if it corresponds With The address on the official documents Including the Name of the nearest Airport around your city.

PLEASE NOTE THAT this consignment is supposed to Have Been returned to the United States Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in the Concluding clearance processes and it is the more reason why you have to act fast now to claim your consignment before further action of the US Government.

You will be assisted by the company to access the Certification for Huge Amounts and Monetary Coverage of Cash Limits from the office of (IAEA) department in the country of origin so that you will be in title to receive your consignment with its exact content, and right now in the U.S once you get a clearance certificate from the IAEA office in Bangkok Thailand covering the source of the fund.

This will prevent the Government from collecting the tax on the unpaid International Consignment Money Movement charge as you receive these boxes; so in order words, I will advise you to send the required details to me for quick processing and response.

Once we receive your information including the payment receipt for the IAEA certification with A Military Royal from the office in Bangkok Thailand; I can get everything Concluded within 3-6 days upon the receipt of your response.

You will get this important document through the AIRNET EXECS DELIVERY COMPANY (AEDC) from Bangkok Thailand only for your coverage with Royal Military Seal.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive.

Regards,

Charles W. Winwood,
Director Inspection Unit / United Nations Inspection Agency
O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago USA.

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