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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: "Larry Jack" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <larryjack731@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 10:50:43 -0700
Subject: Take Delivery Of Your Package

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr. Larry Jack, I am the Head of Investigation/Inspection
Unit of the United Nations Inspection Agency in Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport Atlanta, Georgia. During our
investigation, we discovered An abandoned shipment by a Diplomat from
the United Kingdom (UK) at JF Kennedy International Airport in New York
and has since been transfered to our facility here in Atlanta for onward
repatriation to England, the place of origin. When the boxes were
scanned, it revealed an undisclosed amount of money stashed in 2 Metal
Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 110kg each.

The boxes were abandoned because the Contents were falsely declared by
the consignee as classified documents and personal effects when the real
content is money.This was done either to avoid diversion by the Shipping
Agent/agency or confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomats'
inability to pay for Non Inspection fees among other things are the
reasons why the consignment is delayed and abandoned.

By my assessment, I think each of the boxes contains about $4M or
thereabout.They are still left in the airport storage facility terminal
till date. The Consignments like I said are two metal trunk boxes
weighing about 65kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm)
effective capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment
including your name and email on the official document from United
Nations' office in London where the shipment was tagged as personal
effects/classified document is still available with us. Therefore, you
have to reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, full address so we can
cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official
documents. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the
consignment or allow us repatriate it back to UK (place of origin) as we
were instructed.

Like I did said earlier, the shipper abandoned it and ran away most
importantly, because he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for
the customs yellow tag, he could not secure a valid non inspection
document(s), etc. I am ready to assist you in any way I can to enable
you rclaim this packages as long as you will give me out of it
(financial gratification). You can either come in person, or you engage
the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that will
provide the necessary security/logistics that is required to deliver the
package to your doorstep or the destination of your choice. I need all
the guarantee that I can get from you before I can get involved fully in
this project.

Best Regards,
Larry Jack
INSPECTIONS OFFICER
larryjack731@gmail.com

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