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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.Max Brad <info@usa.com>
Reply-To: <maxbrad656@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:28:06 -0700
Subject: Your Consignment Box!


ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.


Assistant Inspection Director
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Hello Good Friend

This is an official email directed to you for your consideration only and it should be treated personal and confidential.

Furthermore, I am Mr.Max Brad, an officer working at Los Angeles International Airport (CA) . I am contacting you about an abandoned diplomatic consignment box and the x-ray scan report revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box which could be approximately 14.5Million dollars. and the box indicates your contact email address and the consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as “MONEY” rather it was declared as a personal effect to avoid interrogation.

Meanwhile, The Diplomat who was on transit to your location at Los Angeles International Airport (CA) 3 weeks before the coronavirus pandemic crisis that shook the world started fail to pay for the United States Non-Inspection fee to the US Customs and border protection; he abandoned the consignment and left without notifying the authority anything of his arrival for declaration of clearance up till date. And know one knows his whereabouts up till date or he might have been infected with the CONVID-19 VIRUS and passed away. To confirm you as the authentic beneficiary, do send me your full name, your home address, your mobile telephone number

Moreover, I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned box so that we can transact this as a deal and share the total money 70% for you and 30% for me. My main purpose of contacting you. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection are on clearance for some abandoned beneficiaries consignment which will be listed among the list of consignment boxes that will be confiscated and get transferred to the US Treasury storage facility within some days. I want both of us to transact this as a deal. All I want is your trust as the arrangement for the box to be delivered to you which can be concluded within 1 to 2 working days after confirmation is made and upon your acceptance and willingness to cooperate more details will be furnished to you.

I will appreciate it if we can keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me via this email for further directives: You can not call me on my telephone number, for now, to avoid exposing me more. Send your response to my private email. ( maxbrad656@gmail.com )

Thank you.

Mr.Max Brad

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CONFIDENTIALITY

This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named herein. Any attachment transmitted with this email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this email is addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system or please notify the system manager. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and in the event of any unauthorized disclosure, copying and/or distribution of the contents the generating entity and/or the sender reserves the right to take any action against such unauthorized use in law, equity or otherwise.
The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email, delays, data corruption, unauthorized access or unauthorized amendments.

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