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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: ANDREW LUCAS <test@tokozoom.com>
Reply-To: ANDREW LUCAS <diplomatandrewlucas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 05:59:30 +0700 (WIB)
Subject: Re: Urgent Attention beneficiary.





Good morning beneficiary,
I would like to inform you about a delayed $ 4.5 million package that has been dropped in New Jersey, USA from June 24, 2019. This package is to be delivered via DHL logistics, but it happened that the agent to whom the delivery was assigned box is involved in the activities of a corrupt official and could not perfectly influence the delivery of funds. Your package has been stopped and the agent has slowed in bringing a valuable fund to your address.

In the meantime, we received an order to complete the process immediately, starting from the day we received a message from you about the delivery or transfer of funds.

Your home address, phone number and profession are urgently needed to avoid improper shipping from Newark Airport in the United States.

Send me all the information using the email address below (diplomatandrewlucas@gmail.com) and remember that delivery must start as soon as we receive a message from you.

Thanks and God bless your family.
Andrew Lucas

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