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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: "DIPLOMATIC AGENT . YOUNG MARTINS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diplomaticyoungm@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:10:47 +0100
Subject: Your Urgent Respond is needed right now!!!

Attention!!

I'm Diplomatic Agent YOUNG MARTINS, I have been trying to reach you on
your Email about four hours now, just to inform you
about my successful arrival in International Airport,
with your
consignment BOX worth $15.5 Million Dollars which I have been instructed
by d.C EXPRESS COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY to be delivered to you.
The Airport Authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to prove
to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud money,
I have presented the papers
I handed to them and they are very much pleased with the papers I
presented but the only thing that is still keeping
Me here is the airport Anti-drug/terrorist clearance certificate and
International Delivery Permit which is not placed
on the package, one of the Airport Authority has advise that we should get
the delivery tag so that I can exit the airport
Immediately and make my delivery successful .I try to reason with them and
they stated that ,the delivery tag will cost us
Just $450 Dollars only to get your two documents placed on the packages as
that documents will enable me.
Please try as much as you can to reach me on Phone below as I can not
afford to spend much time here .
You can direct the tag fee to our Head Office as they will get it here for
you and
They are entitled to receive and make any payment to foreign countries
authority.
Email or text me with below information to enable me know your arrangement
for the $450.
EMAIL :(diplomaticyoungm@gmail.com).
Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon
contacting me to avoid delivery to wrong person or Robot.
1- Your Full Name
2- Your Home Address
3- Your Contact Telephone Number
4- Your Occupation
5- Your Identification (Passport number or ID Card number)
6- YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR CITY.......

Thanks and Regards
DIPLOMATIC AGENT . YOUNG MARTINS
diplomaticyoungm@gmail.com

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