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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 CHRIS OBI <greenewah2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: poffice949@aol.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:55:58 -0800
Subject: POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY

--
MUBARAK MUSE GUNAR HOUSE
PLOT 1279 MUHAMMAD BUKHARIN WAY
PMB 12537, GARIK 900001
ABUJA. NIGERIA
Telephone,+2348126487249


ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,

CUSTOMERS SERVICE HOURS--MONDAY TO SATURDAY: OFFICE HOURS MONDAY TO SUNDAY:

THIS IS POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY OF NIGERIA, THE MANAGEMENT OF
THIS COMPANY, WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT, WE RECEIVED A CEL CONTAINING
AN ATM MASTER CARD VALUED $10.5 MILLION USD WITH SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS
ATTACHED ON IT, FOR SAFETY DELIVERY TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IN
YOUR COUNTRY. THIS IS (PAYMENT OFFICE ) I AM DIRECTED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOUR PAYMENT
VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATIONS IS OK.YOUR ATM CARD NUMBERS
IS:4848422551596784,

THIS PARCEL WAS BROUGHT TO US THIS MORNING BY UNITED BANK OF
AFRICA(UBA),WITH SOME INSTRUCTION FROM UNITED NATION AND INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND(IMF) WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION'S, PLEASE RECONFIRM THE
BELOW INFORMATION, TO AVOID DELIVERY YOUR TM MASTER CARD TO A WRONG
HAND.

FULL NAMES......
PARCEL OWNER ADDRESS....
TEL....
A COPY OF YOUR WORKING ID CARD

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'S FOR SAFETY DELIVERY. POST OFFICE
IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SUCCESS STORIES, THE START UP THAT
REVOLUTIONIZED THE
DELIVERY OF PACKAGES AND INFORMATION. IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, WE HAVE
GROWN UP AND GROWN INTO A DIVERSE FAMILY OF POST OFFICE THAT'S BIGGER,
STRONGER,BETTER THAN EVER

Yours Faithfully.
MR CHRIS OBI
Executive Chairman

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