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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR Matthias Pilz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pilz37754@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 14:01:37 +0200
Subject: Working with you

Greetings to you,
I am Matthias Pilz, I work with a security/courier company based in Turkey. I’m the scan specialist who head the scan department, my job description is to scan all consignment to ensure that it complies with risk assessment, In the course of my duty from the assessment of my scan report, it indicated that a particular trunk box is filled with silver lining content inside it used in production of cash currency, upon this discovery, I personally bought a hand ultra-scan machine without the knowledge of the company to know exactly what is inside of the box , which confirmed to me it is 100 US dollar bill cash currency in the box. The report of this scan which I will show you if we decide to work together on this.

Funny a thing, the depositor of the consignment declared it as a sensitive medical film and should not be exposed to light rays, so that the content of the box does not get spoil when exposed to light rays.

However, one of our company policies states that unclaimed goods after five years are disposed off but upon my in depth investigation, I discovered that the depositor has long died and deposited the box with only a “RECALL CODE NUMBER” which is the only requirement to claim the box from the security company.

My proposal to you is that I can release this RECALL CODE NUMBER and the contact information of the security/courier company to you, so you can request either for the company to deliver the consignment to your doorstep or book an appointment for visit at the office to pick it up.

In conclusion, from my observation and scan report the weight of the trunk box is 65kg which is estimated to be around $6.5million. We shall share it between the two of us 50/50%. If you agree to this my request, reply me with your personal telephone number for further discussion. pilz37754@gmail.com

Note: I can assure you 100% this is risk free.

Best Regards
Matthias Pilz


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