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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: "William Emmad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <intel.mangement@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 22:27:50 -0500
Subject: Re:Your Abandoned Package For Delivery.

nterim Assistance General Manager,
(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation)
Assistance Inspection Director
Honolulu International Airport
300 Rodgers Boulevard,
Honolulu, HI 96819, USA


Hello Good Friend




Re: Your Abandoned Package For Delivery

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have your

trust before I review it to you because it may cause me my job, so I need

somebody that I can trust for me to be able to review the secret to you.

I am Mr.William Emmad, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities

(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation) here at the Honolulu International

Airport,Hawaii USA. During my recent withheld package routine check at the

Airport Storage Vault, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat

from London and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a

metal trunk box. The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the

consignment was not properly declared by the
consignee as “MONEY” rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid

interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United

States Non Inspection Charges which is $3,700USD. On my assumption the

consignment is still left in our Storage House here at the Honolulu

International Airport,Hawaii till date.

The details of the consignment including your name, your email address and

the official documents from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on

the Trunk box.However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient

of this consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will

advise you 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 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 concluding the

clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive

your details on my official email account. So in order words to enable me

cross check your details, I will advise you send the required details to my

private email address for quick processing and response. Once I confirm you

as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact

you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us to

transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since

the consignment has not yet been returned to the United States Treasury

Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the

confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the United States Non

Inspection Fee of $3,700 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to

your doorstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you

have to assure me of my 30% share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will appreciate

if we can keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me via my private

Email:(intel.mangement@gmail.com) for further directives: You can call me on

my telephone number and drop a message.(+1-360-390-5108)

Thank you.


William Emmad
Interim Assistance General Manager,
(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation)
Assistance Inspection Director
Honolulu International Airport
300 Rodgers Boulevard,
Honolulu, HI 96819, USA

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