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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: UPS OFFICE <adbinfo36@gmail.com>
Reply-To: PostalService307@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 03:48:42 +0000
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD PACKAGE

Good day

This is USPS United States Postal Service Delivery Company of USA, the
management of this company, wishes to inform you that, we received a
parcel containing an ATM Master Card valued $70 million USD with some
vital documents attached on it, for safety delivery to your
residential address in your country.

This parcel was brought to us this morning by the ATM Card payment
office USA, with the below information's, please reconfirm the below
information, o avoid delivery of your ATM Master Card to wrong hand
you will pay the fee of $100

Full names............
Parcel owner address......
Country/State........
Occupation...........
Passport/Driving License
Tel...........

We will register your package and send you the tracking numbers before
we proceed for safety delivery of your package as soon as you
reconfirm the required information for safety delivery.

USPS is one of the great success stories, the start-up that
revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past
years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies as
United States Postal Service that's bigger, stronger, better than
ever.Waiting to read your e-mail(PostalService307@outlook.com)

Yours affectionately.
MR.DONALD LARRY JR.
Dispatch Manager USPS
United States Postal Service

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