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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: "Head Controller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deborahwilliams@mynet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 02:23:54 +0800
Subject: VITAL AND OFFICIAL

Attention !!!
Hello Beneficiary,

Hope this message gets to you in good state of mind to whom it may concern.

We here to inform you to get us cleared if you have authorized one Mrs.Jeany Perry to claim your consignment box worth of $7,000,000.00USD and we need an urgent response from you,because this Consignment Box of yours and other beneficiaries goods and items has to me cleared out in our custody due to long time stayed and retained in our custody without the owners turning back on their goods and some are not aware just like you.All this items has to be moved out in our custody before the end of the month due to long time stay in our custody and being a new month and new stocks has to move in for registration.


Please, if you have not authorized anybody for the claim of your consignment box with the sum of $7,000,000.00USD cash inside it as confirmed in the document attached to it along with the consignment box keys, do get back to us without any delay in-order not to get it forfeited to the Government and the consignment box has to be shipped to you immediately for security reasons and you have to make a demurrage fee of just $820USD before the consignment Box can be released on delivery to your home address in the next 24 hours after the release charges fee. you are to get back to the following Harrisburg International Airport Pennsylvania agent below for more details on how you will get your consignment box and please if this email is not for you,please ignore but if received by you then your response is needed once again to the below agent along with your Full Name,Contact Address,Phone Number,Age,Occupation,Marital Status and Scan Copy of your Driver's Licence or Internationa!
l Passport


>>> Agent Name: Mrs. Deborah Williams
>>> Agent E-Mail: deborahwilliams@mynet.com
>>> Agent Phone Number: +1469-854-9004

NOTE: You are to know that delivery cannot be done on C.O.D and if ready to claim your consignment box,then you must be ready to pay the demurrage fee of just $820 in-order to proceed with the above agent

Your positive official respond is needed to this office in no wasting of time


Interim Assistance General Manager.
(Operations, Maintenance, Transportation)
Harrisburg International Airport Pennsylvania
One Terminal Drive, Middletown,PA 17057, Pennsylvania USA.

ANY MAIL RECEIVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY; THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION AND DO NOT FORWARD OR SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANY OF THOSE ONLINE IMPOSTERS CONTACTING YOU REGARDING THIS CONSIGNMENT BECAUSE ALL ARE SCAMMERS. SO BE WARNED..BY MANAGEMENT

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