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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. JOHNSON PAUL" <"www."@plum.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. JOHNSON PAUL" <christine.garry@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:37:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FINAL NOTICE FROM AIRPORT AUTHORITY





FINAL NOTICE FROM AIRPORT AUTHORITY


Dear Consignment Beneficiary,

I am Mr. JOHNSON PAUL from the Office of Inspection Unit/United Nations Agency in San Diego International Airport United Kingdom Address: 3225 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101, During my recent routine check at the Airport Storage/vault on withheld packages, I discovered an abandoned shipment that belongs to you from a Diplomat from Africa, when scanned it in our airport scanning machine it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 25kg each and some people are coming after this consignment to clam it in your name as your representatives.

The consignment was abandoned because the Contents was not properly declared by the consignee as a MONEY rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the Consignment Irrevocable Airport Release Permit Sum of $58, when we scanned the consignment and discovered large sum of Million of US Dollars we withheld the consignment and requested for Consignment Irrevocable Airport Release Permit from the country of origin Benin Republic, the diplomat could not wait and he returned back to where he came from and we refused to return back the consignment where it came from since we have already received it here in United Kingdom.

On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain more than US$2 Million to US$2.5 Million each and the consignment is still left in our Storage House here at San Diego International Airport United Kingdom till date. The details of the consignment including your email, your email address and the official document from the United Nations office in Benin are tagged on the Metal Trunk boxes in your favor.

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 and the unpaid sum of $58 to the Consignment country of origin Benin Republic for their Government income revenue charges which can not be weaved or ignore by US Government hence, you must pay the $58 to Benin Republic to enable them grant us Consignment Irrevocable Airport Release Permit to release your abandon consignment and deliver it to you without any further charges. The Benin Government is expecting you to pay the above charge within 48hrs as you receive this mail today so that your consignment will not be confiscated and put into US Treasure as an unclaimed consignment.

So in order words, I will advise you to send the required fee. Once I receive the Sum of $58 for the Government income revenue charges, I can get everything concluded within 2-3 hours and our diplomatic agent will deliver the two Metal Trunk Boxes successful to you. Note that you are expected to pay only $58 to the Consignment Government income revenue charges and you are to pay it to below information through western union or money gram once you receive this mail:

WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM

Receiver's Name: = =DOM EJIKE
Location: = = = = Cotonou
Country: = = = = Benin Republic
Test Question: = = = = In God?
Answer: = = = = We Trust
Amount: = = = = $58
MTCN Reference Number
Sender's name
Sender's address
Sender's telephone number

Send the above required amount to the above stated information for the Government income revenue charges and forward the payment information as soon as you make the payment and our diplomatic will be at your house within 3hours in receipt of the payment.

I am online expecting the payment information immediately.
Email.. christine.garry@yahoo.com

Mr. JOHNSON PAUL Office of Inspection Unit
San Diego International Airport United Kingdom Address: 3225 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
Deferred Inspection Unit San Diego, California,


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