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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: "Cascade Express Logistics" <test@test.com>
Reply-To: info.cascadeexpresslogistics@aol.com
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 01:30:04 -0500
Subject: Hello.

My name is Mr. Fredrick Jones, newly appointed Cascade Express Logistics Head of Customer Propositions. I assumed this office on the 10th,January 2022 after going through the files of the previous records i discovered that there are six parcels containing ATM Master Cards each one attached with an email address of the owner on it which the former appointee of this office (Mr. Kenneth Anderson) failed to carry out the delivery as it was instructed and programmed.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died last year as a charity foundation parcel to each of the six of you, on the statement he wrote on the list he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars and he found your email address as reputable and capable persons that can use the charity awarded ATM Cards to change the lives of people and also to estiblish yourself.

Meanwhile, after all verification I reported the issue of the discovered six ATM Cards to the management board and they instructed me to distribute the ATM Cards to the registered owners.

Therefore, you are advised to provide your receiver's details below for

claim.

Full Name:---------------------------
House Address:-----------------------
Phone No:----------------------------
Country:-----------------------------
Gender:------------------------------
Occupation/ Position:-----------------
Scanned Copy Of Your ID:----------

Thank you for your cooperation.

I await to read from you as soon as you can.

Yours Faithfully.

Mr. Fredrick Jones.
Head of Customer Propositions
Cascade Express Logistics. (C.E.L).

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