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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 PAUL MARK <gomoriel@otenet.gr>
Reply-To: office123m@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:22:36 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME NOW



--
FINAL NOTICE FROM AIRPORT AUTHORITY


Dear Consignment Beneficiary,

I am Mr PAUL MARK from the Office of Inspection Unit/United Nations
Agency in
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport USA Address: Fort Snelling

Unorganized Territory, MN 55111, 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 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 $177, 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

Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport USA 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 $177 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 $177
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 $177 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
$177 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:

Here is my email ....office123m@yahoo.com

WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM
Receiver's Name: = =EGBE DONATUS
Location: = = = = Cotonou
Country: = = = = Benin Republic
Test Question: = = = = In God?
Answer: = = = = We Trust
Amount: = = = = $177
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.
Phone number+1=830) 282-4718

Mr PAUL MARK from the Office of Inspection Unit/United Nations Agency in
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport USA Address: Fort Snelling
Unorganized Territory, MN 55111, USA
Deferred Inspection Unit Minneapolis-Saint Paul ,


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