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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: "Patrick Douglas" "Patrick Douglas" <paulbergin5643@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: peterdouglasp39@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 01:18:04 -0800
Subject: NOTICE

Hello
My name is Patrick Douglas, United Nations

Inspection Agent on special duty in Hartsfield

Jackson Atlanta International Airport Atlanta GA

USA. We are carrying out examination and

inspection in all abandoned Consignment Boxes in

USA Airports. During the inspection, I discovered

an abandoned consignment box in your name which

was transferred to our facility here in

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport

and when I scanned it with the Currency X-Ray

scanner, it revealed an undisclosed sum of money

in the Box. The consignment was abandoned because

the Contents was not properly declared by the

consignee as Money, rather it was declared as

Personal Effect to avoid diversion by the

Delivery Agent and also the Diplomat inability to

pay for United Nation Non Inspection Tax. On my

assumption, the box will contain more than Ten

Million USD and the consignment was left in a

storage vault till today.

I resolved to contact you, after due

consideration for us to collectively retrieve the

box for our mutual benefits, because without you

no one can legally claim the box. I will complete

the delivery of the box to your nominated

address, on the condition that you will give me

20% of the total contents of the box as my share

upon my successful delivery of the box to you and

80% to you.

If you ACCEPT MY CONDITION, Provide Your Name...,

Phone Number... and Full Address..., for cross

checking and verification, also include the name

of nearest Airport... around you. All

communication must be held extremely

confidential, I can get everything concluded

within 48-Hours upon your acceptance to work with

me.

Do respond to me if you are interested in

concluding this with me.

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