419 scam: "Maek Morgan"<a054326m@hotmail.com> U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- markmo96@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Maek Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbp07861@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:45:24 -0700
Subject: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 20004, USA

Hello Friend!

This office is writing to inform you that we have successfully brought together all foreign parcels that were meant to be delivered to you down here because of the complaints and reports we are receiving that citizens are being intimidating, cheating and depriving their legal right to their inherited, winning and contract funds from foreign countries.

Therefore all issues regarding local and international shipment from African, Europe, Asia etc has been released and a total funds of (Eight Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) was discovered to be awarded to you according to the records on our desk and you are to contact us for the release of the said amount if you are interested to claim it. With the help of the Fund Regulatory Agency, We were able to recover the funds that were unable to deliver from foreign agents due to one reason or the other.

NB: After the clearing house, all unclaimed funds will go to the Federal treasury as unclaimed funds as the beneficiary will be assumed dead or lack the capacity to claim said amount.

Mark A. Morgan
E-mail- markmo96@aol.com
Commissioner CBP

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