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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: CARGO AND STORAGE FACILITY UNIT <kaplanlar@kaplanlar.com>
Reply-To: <flightfirstworldcouriersservice@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 07:37:38 -0800
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION:Your Consignment Box ;Reg #: SHN75586ZC

Cargo and Storage Facility
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
776 N Terminal Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah, 84116. United States
 
NOTIFICATION:Your Consignment Box ;Reg #: SHN75586ZC
 
 
Following the Poverty Alleviation Program(PAP) recently conducted World Wide by the United Nation (UN) and the European Union(EU), you have been legally awarded as one of the lucky beneficiaries a whopping sum of 3,850,000USD (Three Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty thousand United States dollars)contained in a Consignment Box with the Reg #: SHN75586ZC. This Consignment box is a metal box valued at 3,850,000USD (Three Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty thousand United States dollars) and arrived at the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC),via United Airlines Flight UA 4130.
 
Furthermore,this is to inform you that your consignment box and the funds contained therein 3,850,000USD (Three Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty thousand United States dollars) has been completely and legally investigated by the International Monitory Funds (IMF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) SCAM ALERT UNIT. Therefore, your funds has been officially cleared for delivery to your residence, and due to security reasons has been deposited at the Airport Cargo and Storage Unit awaiting its delivery to your residence.Note,that the Cargo and Storage Unit charges $30.00 for each day the Consignment box stays in their custody for safe keeping,and would be released for delivery to your residence once you have been able to clear up the storage charge for the security services rendered on the safety of your funds.
 
In order to recover your  consignment box ,kindly contact Mr.Collins Powell of First Flight Couriers Ltd and U.S Customs Broker to assist you with the recovery of your Consignment box and its immediate delivery to your residence. You can contact him via his email at: (flightfirstcouriersservice@yahoo.com) reconfirming the following delivery details (1).Full Name....(2).Residential Address....(3).Country....(4).Occupation....(5).Cellphone....Note that,failure to treat this email with all sense of urgency, we will be compelled to list your Consignment Box as an unclaimed funds and maybe forfeited and will be moved  to the United States Treasury Department for holding without further delay.
 
 
Cargo and Storage Facility
 
Richard  McDanie

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