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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: " mr john mathew" <WWW.@rice.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: " mr john mathew" <atmcarddepartment044@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:50:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear owner

Dear owner

I am Mr. Frank Moses, Head Officer-in-Charge, Administrative Service Inspection Unit United kingdom
Inspection Agency in Liverpool John Lennon Airport. During our investigation, I discovered an abandoned
shipment through a Diplomat from Africa, which was transferred from London Heath-row international
Airport to our facility here in London, and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in 2 Metal
Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 110kg each.The consignment was abandoned because the
Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal effect/classified
document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent or confiscation by the relevant authorities.

The diplomat's inability to pay for Non Inspection fees among other things are the reason why the consignment
is delayed and abandoned.By my assessment, each of the boxes contains about $4M or more.They are still left
in the airport storage facility till today. The Consignments like I said are two metal trunk boxes
weighing about 65kg each(Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L) Approximately.

The details of the consignment including your name and email on the official document fromPORTNOVO BENIN
REPUBLIC IN AFRICA where the shipment was tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available with
Airport Authority.as it stands now, you have to reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, full address so that I can
cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official documents. It is now left for you to decide if you s
till need the consignment or allow us repatriate it back to Africa (place of origin) as we were instructed.

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. I
am ready to assist you in any way I can for you to get back this packages provided you will also give me
something out of it (financial gratification). You can either come in person but their most be an
interrogation, or i will help you engage the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that
will provide the necessary security that is required to deliver the package to your doorstep or the destination
of your choice. I need all the guarantee that I can get from you before I can get involved in this project.
i am rest assured that these may or may not affect my job if care is not taking.

Please Reply this email strictly at (mrfrankmoses11110@gmail.com) as i will prefare only e-mails please no phone calls.

Mr. Frank Moses
Head Officer-in-Charge
Administrative Service Inspection Unit,
E-mail: mrfrankmoses11110@gmail.com

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