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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. R. Gil Kerlikowske" <customsborderprotection@gmail.com>
Reply-To: customsborderprotection101@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:17:02 -0700
Subject: DEAR PARCEL OWNER

U.S. Customs & Border Protection
OPA/CBP INFO Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., MS: 1345

Washington, DC 20229
United States of America



CONGRATULATIONS, DEAR PARCEL OWNER,



Good day to you and your family, from U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Washington, DC in conjunction with some other relevant Investigation
Agencies here in the United States of America hereby inform you that a
parcel containing your ATM CARD valued $10,000,000.00 was reported in this
office from Airport custom authority on 5th July 2018 as a result
that the parcel has no legal documents that shows that the parcel is
coming from Africa Nigeria during our proper investigation.

Noted that after our investigations and verification on this issue we
find out that you have to obtain the parcel Yellow Tag and IRS
certificate from Africa Nigeria been the origin of this transaction
which the obtaining of the Documents will cost you altogether sum of
$93.00usd only, this instruction came to us from International
Monetary Fund (IMF) in Affiliation with Federal
Bureau Investigation (FBI) .Also, we have been having a meeting for
quite Sometime now with the IMF of Nigeria with Federal High Court
and we just came to a logical conclusion few days ago.

They have agreed that once you obtain the Yellow Tag and IRS
certificate your parcel will be release in other to complete the
delivery to your provided home details. Therefore, you have to
reconfirm your full details to us including your telephone number.

Contact FedEx courier manager Daniel Ikechi with your payment code:
(147118) immediately for your parcel Yellow Tag and IRS certificate from
Africa Nigeria at the bellow given address.


Name: Daniel Ikechi
EMAIL: mrdanike11@gmail.com


I apologize on behalf of the (IMF) in Affiliation with U.S. Customs &
Border Protection for any delay you might have encountered in
receiving your parcel in the past. I look forward to hear from you as
soon as you confirm your payment.

BEST REGARDS

Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske

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