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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. William McFadden" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bigwill4rmtx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:54:37 +0100
Subject: Re: Confidential information...

TERMINAL OPERATION AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT
HOUSTON TEXAS, UNITED STATES.
IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH.
 
Hello Email Owner,
 
I have a Confidential information for you but first, I must seek your discretion because if something goes wrong i might be dis-honorably discharged from my duty post as the Freight Coordinator without gratuity after manning this post for 18 years. I need to be sure that i can trust you completely before revealing this secret. I am William Charles. McFadden my friends call me Charlie, Personal assistant to the Freight Coordinator of the airport. Last Week Tuesday, during my routine check at the Airport Storage Vault, I discovered a forgotten Luggage belonging to a Foreigner. After scanning the luggage, it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in an old silver colored Metal rusty metal container carrying a tag code (QF/DELTA-45), weighing about 1,748.3 pounds. The Luggage was intentionally deserted because the Contents of the Luggage was not properly declared by the Foreigner just to conceal its actual contents.
I suspected that the container was declared as personal effect just to avoid interrogation from the U.S Customs and Border protection authorities.
 
 
 
My 2nd guess is that maybe the Foreigner was unable to pay for the U.S Custom Duty tariff of $7,850 USD imposed by the United States Customs that's why the Luggage was left here in our Storage Vault for good. The straight bill of lading presented by the aviation company didn't specify the beneficiary to whom the metal container was to be delivered but indicated that the consignee' was a foreigner who arrived from London. During the Airport's Private search for the owner of the Luggage, your name and e-mail was discovered in the Straight Bill of Laden provided by the cargo flight company. However, In order to ensure a higher security standard required by the airport authorities I have intentionally left out the Some details of the Container away from the knowledge of the airport's Administrative operatives so that the Luggage will not be investigated by our security experts and should remain unnoticed until we claim the Luggage. Although Airport Storage Vault/ legislation demands that
 
I urge you to come forward since I can provide you with the details needed  for you to claim the Luggage so that I can be gratified by you in the ratio of 70% for you and 30% for me since the Luggage has not yet been returned to the United States Treasury Department after being deserted by the Foreigner for more than 11 weeks and counting. Immediately the confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the U.S Custom Duty tariff of $7,850 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to your doorstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure me of my 30% share. I await your response if you are still alive. I will appreciate if we can keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me via my official Email :( bigwill4rmtx@gmail.com ) for further directives.
 
 
BEST REGARDS:
MR. WILLIAM C. MCFADDEN.
Direct E-mail: bigwill4rmtx@gmail.com

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