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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: David Moyes <accessbank71@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lklkjhhhg@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:16:28 -0700
Subject: Re

--
I am David Moyes, Interim Head Officer-in-Charge, Administrative
Service Inspection Murtala Muhammad International Airport Nigeria. During
my recent withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault i
discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from UK and when scanned
it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing
approximately 110 kg.

The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly
declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal
effect/classified document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent
or confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomat's inability to
pay for Non Inspection fees among other things are the reason why the
consignment is delayed and abandoned.*

By my assessment, each of the boxes contains about $4 M or more.They are
still left in the airport storage facility till today. The Consignments
like I said are two metal trunk boxes weighing about 110 kg each (Internal
dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L) Approximately.
The details of the consignment including your name and email on the
official document from United Nations'office in London where the shipment
was tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available with
us.

As it stands now, you have to reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, full
address so I can cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the
official documents. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the
consignment or allow us repatriate it back to UK (place of origin) as we
were instructed.*


As I did say again, the shipper abandoned it and ran away simply because
he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for the yellow tag, he could
not secure a valid non inspection document(s), etc. I am ready to assist
you in any way I can, for you to get back this packages provided you will
also give me something out of it You can either come in person or you
engage the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that will
provide the necessary security that is required to deliver the package to
your doorstep or the destination of your choice. I need all the guarantee
that I can get from you before I get involved in this project.Email me at*
lklkjhhhg@gmail.com

Best Regards,
David Moyes
Head Officer-in-Charge
Administrative Service Inspection Unit.

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