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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: Daniel Roberts <robertsdaniel781@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:10:52 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS

Hello Fund’s Beneficiary,

I’m Mr. John. Neiman, Deputy Manager / Baggage / Baggage Storage
Facilities (Operation, Maintenance, Transportation) here at Pittsburgh
International Airport New York, United States. I want to officially
inform you that during my recent routine check of parcels held in the
airport vault, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a diplomat from
Kenya and, when scanned, revealed an undisclosed sum of $10,500,000.00
million US dollars in a metal safe weighing about 30kg.

The shipment was abandoned because the contents of the shipment were
not properly declared as “MONEY” but was declared as personal effect
to avoid questioning, after the customs here found out that the
shipment worth $10,500,000.00 Millions USD, custom required US
non-inspection clearance fee of $100 USD to get the shipment cleared
for final delivery to your address within 48 hours. In my opinion, the
shipment is still left in the warehouse here at Airport till this day.

Details of the shipment, including your name, email address and
official documents from the United Nations office in Geneva, are shown
on the safe box. However, to allow me to confirm if you are the actual
recipient of this shipment, I will advise you to provide your full
information Including:

Full name:
Address:
Gender:
Occupation:
Phone number:
Valid ID if available:
Nearest airport:

Contact back with your above required information and pay the $100 USD
for clearance to get your shipment released by the Airport Authority
for the delivery to your address.

After you received my text, contact back with your above required
information, If you are alive and willing to comply to get your
shipment delivered to your address
within 48 hours.

Regards.
Director. John Neiman
Email; johnnneiman@gmail.com

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