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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: "YOUR PAYMENT OF $8.8 MILLION US" <diiplomat009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: upsservice228@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 03:00:36 +0100
Subject: YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX WORTH SUM OF $7.3 MILLION IS READY FOR DELIVERY.

Attn; My Dear,

I have been trying to reach you on your Email about four hours now, just to
inform you about my successful arrival in Washington Dulles International
Airport (DC) USA,

with your box of consignment worth $7.3 Million Dollars which I have been
instructed by I.C UPS 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 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 the delivery tag will cost us just
$185 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 me with below information to enable me
know your

arrangement for the $185. EMAIL :( deliverytups@gmail.com )



Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon contacting
us to avoid delivery to wrong person.



Your Full Name
Your Delivery Address
Your Contact Telephone Number
Your Occupation
Your Identification (Passport number or ID Card number)


send the fee through money gram or western union here is the receiver
information's


RECEIVER NAME:......... John Nelson
COUNTRY:............. Benin Republic.
CITY :............... Cotonou
TEST QUESTION:...How Long
TEST ANSWER:......Today
MTCN:...............
SENDER NAME:...............
Amount.................$185




Email me the payment information as soon as you made the payment to below
info.



Regard


Email: upsservice228@gmail.com
Manager: Mr.Ngonde Nelson
Contact Number: +229 96169995

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