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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: Mr. Vadgama Jeram. <vdgamajeram@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 20:22:33 +0800
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,


Good Day!

I am contacting you regarding a special cargo that has
been abandoned here at our warehouse for over a period of
last year pandemic and when scanned, it revealed an
undisclosed sum of money in it. From my findings, the
cargo originated from Europe and the content was not
declared as money by the consignor in order to avoid
diversion by the shipping agent, and also failure to pay
the special cargo non-inspection fee of US$8,500 I
strongly believe the box will contain about US$50M or
more. I have done my private search for a reliable person,
my proposal now is to present you as the recipient of the
cargo since the shipper has abandoned it which is a
possibility due to the fact it has been abandoned for a
period whereby a new beneficiary can be presented to the
clearance department for claim and also my position at
this shipping service. I will pay for the fee and arrange
for the cargo to be delivered to your address.
Alternatively, I can personally bring it myself and then
we share the total money in the box equally.

Regards,

Mr. Vadgama Jeram.

Asst. Operations Manager
Zim American Integrated Shipping Services Co. LLC.
Chicago (IL) Agents: 9950 W.Lawrence Avenue,
Suite 215 Schiller Park, IL 60176.

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