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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. ROBERT MARK" <jl2061530@gmail.com>
Reply-To: franklindavid0174@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 06:15:29 -0700
Subject: CONTACT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT

Attention Beneficiary.

We have finally succeeded in getting your ATM CARD PACKAGE worthy of
€30 million EUR out for delivery with the help of Att. John Dagar,
Attorney General of the court of cassation France which act as your
foreign Attorney representative here in France.

So every necessary arrangement has been made successfully with the
Agent Mr. Franklin David, for your package and every Documents guiding
your delivery is well updated so you are advice to re-confirm your
full delivery information to the delivery Agent right now as he is
currently at Antwerp Intercontinental Airport Belgium with your ATM
CARD package, As he called me this morning to inform me that he
misplaced your delivery address which he has.

So you are advice to reconfirm your full information to the diplomat
and contact him with this he's email franklindavid0174@gmail.com . So
as to have easy conversation with him and to enable you give him full
direction to get your package delivered to you and hand you over your
package safe and sound, Furthermore you are advice to be very fast as
the Agent Mr. Franklin David has no time to waste due to his flight
reschedule.

So the Information you are Required to Reconfirm to the Agent is as Follow.

(1)Your Full Name==============
(2)Mobile Phone Number=========
(3)Current Home Address========
(4)Fax Number==================
(5)Country=====================
(6)City========================
(7)Nearest Airport ============
(8)A Copy of Your ID For Identification. attached

As he is at Antwerp Intercontinental Airport, Belgium now because of
the Searching and Scanning of the package which made him to misplace
your address, So contact him via his email address,

Contact person
Name- Agent Mr. Franklin David
E-mail Address (franklindavid0174@gmail.com)
So contact him to deliver your package today or tomorrow morning at
most and get back to me after the delivery.

Regards
Dr. Robert Mark
UN Representative
drrobmark111@gmail.com

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