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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: " Mr.Bennett Walter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <walter.bennett1920@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:42:24 +0100
Subject: Diplomat’s Inability

 
Dear owner
I am Mr. Bennett Walter, Head Officer-in-Charge, Administrative Service Inspection Agency JFK – John F. Kennedy
 
International Airport located in Queens, in the south-eastern portion of New York City. During our investigation, I
 
discovered an abandoned shipment through a Diplomat from Asia, which was transferred from London Heath-row international
 
Airport to our facility in us America , and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in 2 Metal Trunk Boxes
 
weighing approximately 110kg. 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 $3,700 US DOLLARS OR to present Non inspection Certificate Document
 
to back up the consignment are the reason why the consignment is delayed and abandoned but the Non inspection Certificate
 
can only be obtained from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where the shipment was tagged in a lower price .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 from Kuala Lumpur International
 
Airport Malaysia 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 still need the
 
consignment or allow us repatriate it back to Malaysia (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 (bennett.walter@yahoo.com ) as i will prefare only e-mails on this PHONE NUMBER TO MY
 
SECRETARY, MORGAN ELVIS:(530) 505-7268, please no phone calls.
Mr. Bennett Walter
Head Officer-in-Charge
Administrative Service Inspection Unit

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