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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: "Mrs. Cody Lampard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <us_postalservice0101@usa.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 12:53:10 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION: DID YOU AUTHORIZE MRS. RITA JONES?

ATTENTION: DID YOU AUTHORIZE MRS. RITA JONES?

We received an email from Mrs. Rita Jones? Stating that she is your sister and you have given her the permission to claim your package worth of $950,000.00USD ATM Master Card scheduled for delivery to your residence address which was returned back to our office due to insufficient delivery address.

Your package is amongst the remaining 4 parcels still in our custody that are still awaiting dispatch due to incorrect/insufficient receiver's/delivery address.

The package was deposited on July 2th, 2022 by your agent, he paid the original shipping/handling fees and your package was sent to your Address, it was returned to our office 5 days later due to insufficient delivery address.

Confirm that Mrs. Rita Jones, was authorized by you to receive your package. If yes, do send us a letter of authorization instructing us to ship the package to Her address upon that she will be paying for the Safe Keeping Fee of $100USD, immediately before the Package will be shipped to her Address Below.

15937 Avalon
Queens New York 60573-1844
USA

And if No please, Do also re-confirm your mailing information below as
follows:

Send your correspondence to the manager:

1.)FULL NAME:.....
2.)ADDRESS:.......
3.)COUNTRY:.......
4.)AGE:.........
5.)SEX:.........
6.)PHONE:.....
7.)OCCUPATION.....
8.)ALTERNATIVE EMAILS ADDRESS:..............
9.)SCAN COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVING LICENSE:..

Here is the information of our officier you can contacvt him immediately informing him that you did not give Mrs. Rita Jones any permission so that all the arrangement to deliver the package to her will be cancel with immediate effort without any delays.

Mr. Charles Edward
Email Address: us_postalservice0101@usa.com
Phone Number: +1-980-202-1267?

Mr. Charles Edward, Will be waiting to receive your authorization letter for onward shipment To Mrs. Rita Jones, so that we can allow her to pay for the security keeping fee of the package which is the sum of $100USD before the package can be ship to her address and if you know that you dont know her and you did not send her urgently respond to this email with immediate effort before we commerce with the proceed without any delay.

Faithfully,
Mrs. Cody Lampard
Public Relations Officer.
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
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