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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: "First Lady" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mabelbill7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:29:51 -0800
Subject: I am Mr. Larry Johnson from the Office of Inspection Unit/United

Attn:Consignment Beneficiary,

I am Mr. Larry Johnson from the Office of Inspection Unit/United
Nations Agency in Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Arizona
USA. 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 “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 $65, 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 USA.

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 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Arizona USA till date. The details of the consignment including your
email, your email address and the official document from the United
Nations office in Geneva 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 $65
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 $65 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 65hrs 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 $65 for the Government income revenue charges, I
can get everything concluded within 5-6 hours and our diplomatic agent
will deliver the two Metal Trunk Boxes successful to you. Note that
you are expected to pay only $65 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:

Receiver's Name: ==== Sylvester Obechi
Location: ======= Cotonou Benin Republic
Test Question: ======= In God?
Answer: ======= We Trust
Amount: ======= $65
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 6hours in receipt of the payment.

I am online expecting the payment information immediately.

Mr. Larry Johnson
Office of Inspection Unit
Phoenix Sky H, AZ 85034, United States

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