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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr James Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesmorgan1957@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 01:08:34 +0100
Subject: SECOND NOTICE

Hello
My name is  Mr James Morgan and i am an inspection Unit director Of Emirate Airline Cargo Department here At Heathrow international airport here London Uk. During a routine check on cargoed luggage's, I discovered an abandoned shipment through a diplomat from Britain which was not properly tagged and when scanned it was revealed an undisclosed large sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 95Lbs.
 
From further investigation, I found out that the cargoes box was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee before the authorities that it contained cash but rather it was declared as personal effect obviously to avoid detection considering that it came in as diplomatic cargo consignment. More so the diplomat's inability to pay for the mandatory non-inspection fees and other mandatory minor airport clearance charges as demanded by the UK Customs officials on point of entry could have led him to abandon the metal box.
 
On further check, we found out that the box contain more than $5M( Five Million Dollars) or above and the consignment is still left in storage house till today through an Dubai registered shipping Company Courier, the  dispatch Service Limited a division of Trans Guard LTD. The Consignment is one metal box with weight of about 95Lbs (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L.) approximately.
 
Now I decided to contact you on a personal note and inquire If you would want us to transact the delivery of this cargo to you for our mutual benefit, you should provide the following information to me as quickly as possible: 1, your full Name, 2,your phone number, 3, full address, to enable me put in your information as the owner. including the name of nearest airport to your city of residence and other details. These details are required for the delivery of the cargo to you and be rest assured that I am officially empowered to approve or disapprove the delivery of the cargo to its beneficiary and i need an assurance from you that as soon as i approve for the delivery, you will be responsible for it's transportation to any of your given residential or office addresses as the case may be.
 
Note that all communication must be held extremely confidential, I can have everything concluded within 3 days upon your acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery. But it must be on the condition that you will give me 40% of the amount contained in the boxes while 60% goes to you. I want us to transact this business and share the money  before the end of this month considering that the shippers have abandoned the box containing the money and ran away.
 
I have plans to resign from work as soon as this deal pulls through and i kindly demand for your strictest confidentiality henceforth considering my
official position here as a public servant.
 
I will furnish you with my full contact info asap.
 
Best Regards
Mr James Morgan
+44703 189 7866

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