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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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Fraud email example:

From: "U.S Internal Revenue Service" <fatimausmanbello22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: irs.us.office1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:24:40 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF FUND DELIVERY:

Internal Revenue Service.
1111 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20224,
United States.





Attention Dear Beneficiary,

We write to inform you that your package with No.-35460021, Allocation
No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 Released Code No:
0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No:-1114433; Secret Code No:
XXTN013. Your package has been in Customs facility custody waiting for
resolutions of the clearance to further the delivery to your delivery
address by the delivery Agent who arrived the United States days ago.

We have been waiting for you to contact us regarding your consignment
box worth of your $8.5M fund which the agent was supposed to deliver
to you but was on hold by U.S Customs services and they are requesting
for clearance certificate which will be obtained from the origin of
the consignment box before it will be released from the Customs to the
delivery agent to complete the delivery to you.

After the phone call and inquiries we made on your behalf to the U.S
Customs Authority and the embassy in Kenya Republic where this
delivery originated, it was resolved that the delivery of your
consignment to your address must be completed within TWO (2) working
days upon your compliance to our directives; You should send the sum
of $98.00USD to obtain the needed Ownership-clearance certificate from
the Kenya Revenue Authority and sanction by the Court of law therein.

The clearance charges which was initially on the high price has been
cut down by the US Embassy in Kenya Republic considering the poor
economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class
citizens to meet up with the clearance of their entitlement. We will
upon the confirmation of your clearing charge assign a Diplomat Agent
to collect your package and proceed with the delivery.

Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon
contacting us to avoid delivery to wrong person after obtaining the
needed Ownership-clearance certificate as demanded by the US Customs.

Once you notify us with the above information and the needed fee to
obtain the Ownership-clearance certificate from Kenya Republic, the
USA Customs will release your consignment to you and it will be
delivered to you by the agent, You can contact us with the following
information,

Contact person: Mr. Douglas Shulman
Email: (irs.us.office1@gmail.com)
Phone: +1 202 995 6227 (Text Only)

Note that you are expected to pay only $98.00USD usd for
Ownership-clearance certificate and you have to pay it to Kenya
Republic as the origination of the package in favor of JOE UDU as our
accountant officer in Kenya Republic Send the $98.00 usd through
western union or Moneygram once you receive this mail with the
information below for immediate release of your package,

Receivers Name:==== LOICE MINYASI LUNGAZO
Country/City:=======Kenya Republic
Test Question:======= Time
Answer: =========== Urgent
Amount:===========$98.00USD
Mtcn#===========

Once you send the money to Kenya Republic to this name, please try to
notify us with the MTCN so that we can contact Receivers Name:====
LOICE MINYASI LUNGAZO for easy pick up and for immediate action on the
release of your Ownership-clearance certificate.

Note that any unclaimed consignment will be return to Kenya Republic
Government after 2days.So you are urgently advised to comply with our
directives so that the Customs will release your consignment.

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Douglas Shulman
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Service,

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