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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: akisei@extra.ocn.ne.jp
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 04:43:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: This Is Regarding Your Abandoned briefcase Box Package.

This Is Regarding Your Abandoned briefcase Box Package.

Track it through the below tracking info for more proofs.
http://www.fedex.com/tracking
The Tracking Number:

I am Mr. Michael K. Pigors, The regional president and executive vice president of the U.S. domestic and U.S. international region for FedEx Express. I was appointed to office in April 15, 2017, I oversee more than 90,000 FedEx Express team members in the U.S.A, Africa, Asia and Europe, and I am responsible for the planning and execution of the company’s U.S. domestic operations Luggage/baggage storage facilities (Operations, Maintenance, and Transportation) and U.S. export business. I held numerous leadership positions in both the Air Ground and Freight Services (AGFS) I am married with two children, resides in Memphis, Tennessee.

During my recent crosschecking of the withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage-stockroom, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomatic agent linking from Africa to China and down to United State of America and when I scanned it, it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a briefcase Box weighing (330 pounds, that's 150 kg.

The briefcase Box was abandoned because the Contents of the box was not properly declared by you the beneficiary as "MONEY" rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the diplomat was unable to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charges which is $290 USD. On my assumption, the briefcase Box will contain more than $14 Million USD and the BOX is still available in the Storage House in New Jersey Atlantic City International Airport.

The details of the briefcase Box including your name, your email address and the official documents are tagged on the box. However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this briefcase Box as the executive vice president of the U.S. domestic and U.S. international region for FedEx Express, I will advise you to provide Your Full Name, Current Phone Number and Full Address, to enable me crosscheck if your own details is corresponding with the address on the official documents including the name of nearest Airport around your city.

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 so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive your details on my official email account. So to enable me cross check your details, kindly send the required details to my private email address which is (michael.pigors@gmail.com) for quick processing and response.

Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the box and you also give me the assurance and guarantees to pay the required fee at once, then I can get everything concluded within 24 hours upon your acceptance and my teams will proceed to your address for final delivery of the box.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned box is because I want us to transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since the box has not yet been returned to the United States Treasury Department after being abandoned by the first agent, I hereby assure you that immediately the confirmation is made by you, I will go ahead 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.

For further directives you can call me on my telephone number: (201) 535-6650 for verbal conversation. Please if am not available to accept your call know that I am on inspection duty so you can just email me and make sure you include your mobile number so that I can call you back or drop a text message.

Thanks,
Mr. Michael K. Pigors
Executive vice president of the U.S. domestic and
U.S. international region for FedEx Express.

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