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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: "Mrs. Loretta Brown" <student@vinaybabu.in>
Reply-To: janet.yellen002frb@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 11:51:13 -0800
Subject: U.S. Customs and Border Protection!

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Hello Fund Owner

Your name/email was enlisted among the UN Debt Reconciliation Fund in one of the weekly payment schedule Newsletters in USA and that is how I got to know about your payment and all the things you have gone through.It is true that there has been a lot of Litigation FOR and AGAINST your Payment. Some Top Government Officials want to frustrate your effort by imposing unnecessary fees and charges, their plan is for you to leave your Contract/Inheritance funds so that they will come back and claim the funds, but thank God we are now involve.

During our recent withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault, I discovered that your consignment was abandoned shipment left by a diplomat from west Africa who was supposed to deliver these packages to you but failed to provide necessary clearances needed by the US Customs and when scanned recently, it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 25kg each.

The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as “MONEY” rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charges which is about $3,800 USD but i have consulted a lawyer who will use his office to secure this paper at the low cost.

On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain more than $6.5 Million each and the consignment is still left at our Storage House here at the Pennsylvania till date which was delivered through a registered shipping Company known Courier Dispatch Service Limited a division of Tran guard LTD. Approximately, the details of the consignment includes your name, your email address and the official document from the United Nations office in Geneva and are all tagged on the Metal Trunk boxes. However, 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.

Kindly contact us for the release of your consignment boxes without further delay.

Your's In service

Mrs. Loretta Brown.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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