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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: "Ms. SHARON B. BISSET" <info@esq.qc.ca>
Reply-To: <storageunit1995@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 21:17:42 -0800
Subject: JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEW YORK UNITED STATES.

JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
QUEENS, NY 11430.UNITED STATES.
LUGGAGE INSPECTION UNIT.
 
 
Attention Beneficiary,
 
I am Ms. Sharon B. Bisset, from JFK airport here in NY United States, I have this to explain to you concerning your overdue transactions. Due to the travel ban of COVID-19 lock-down / border closure, Flights were suspended and no true legal means of completing your fund delivery, On this note, The United States department of the treasury approved your fund worth of $8,000,000.00 { Eight Million United States Dollars } to be paid to an offshore account in Federal Reserve Bank of New York which will be transferred to your personal account upon your reply.
 
Important Note: Your fund will no longer go through CONSIGNMENT/ATM or CHECK deliver due to the global travel band of COVID-19 lock-down.
 
Please respond with your details as shown below for proper/more verification and to speak with the bank manager regarding your fund transfer.
 
REQUIRED DETAILS FOR VERIFICATION.
 
(1) Your name...........
(2) Your phone number.............
(3) Your complete address...........................
(4) Nearest airport to your address.................
(5) Your Occupation........................................
 
NOTE: It is our responsibility to safely keep our clients information at all times, You are advised to comply with the above requirement to proceed.
 
Please disregard any Email without your official Reference Number TAG RBT-45C  always include this reference code in any email sent to us/bank.
 
CONTACT PERSON: Miss Sharon B. Bessit
E-mail: storageunit1995@outlook.com
 
Kindly treat this matter as extremely urgent and respond back as soon as possible.
 
Ms. SHARON B. BISSET
LUGGAGE/INSPECTION OFFICER.

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