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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 Steves Mayers <drdavidmorris913@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrstevesmayers4@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 19:30:31 +0800
Subject: SHIPMENT

I am Mr. David Morris, CEO and Administration Service Inspection Unit
United Nations Control Agency in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport, Georgia.
During our investigation, I discovered an abandoned shipment via a British
diplomat transferred from JFK airport to our facility here in Atlanta and
it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in 2 weight metal trunk boxes about
110 kg each. The shipment was abandoned because the Content was not
correctly declared by the recipient as monetary, or rather declared as
personal Effect / document secret to avoid redirection by shipping Agent or
seizure by appropriate authorities. diplomat inability to pay fees for
uncontrolled, e.g. the reason why the parcel is delayed and abandoned.

In my estimation, each box contains about $4 million or more. The
Shipments, as I said, are two metal crates weighing approx 110 kg each
(internal dimensions: width 61 x height 156 x depth
73(cm)effective)Capacity: 680 l) Approx. Shipment Details including your
name and email address on an official United document Nations Office in
London, where the item has been marked as personal effects / proprietary
document is still available with us. As it stands now you need to
re-confirm your full name, phone number, and complete address so I can
cross check and see if it agrees with that on official documents. Now you
can decide if you still need your parcel or allow us to send it back to
Great Britain (place of origin)just as we were instructed to do.

As I said before, the freight forwarder abandoned it and escaped. Most
importantly, he made a false declaration for which he could not pay a
yellow tag, could not secure a valid document (s) of no control etc. I am
ready to help you in any way possible so that you can come back with these
packages on condition that you give me some of them too (financial
gratification). You can come in person or use a secure shipping / vendor
company / agent that:will provide the necessary security that is required
for delivery Package to your home or to a selected destination. I need all
the guarantees I'll get from you before I commit to this project.


Kind regards,

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