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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. Terry Defoor" <mrterrydefoor67@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:15:30 +0100
Subject: Assistant Inspection Officer,



I am Mr. Terry Defoor, working under the Director of United Nations
Inspection Agent worldwide, and we were instructed by my director to
compile all the list of abandoned consignments that was seized in all
countries International airports nationwide, then transfer them to our
general storage warehouse in Washington DC UAS and scan them to know their
contents before confiscating them, and on the process I discovered a metal
box having your information tagged on it and when scanned it revealed an
undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 220kg,
the consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared
by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal effect to
avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent also the Diplomat inability to pay
for Non Inspection Fees.


On my assumption, the box will contain more than USD$10M and that is why I
am contacting you now for a deal, the Consignment is a metal box with
weight of about 220kg (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm). Effective
capacity: 680 L.) Approximately, the details of the consignment including
your name are tagged on the Metal Trunk box and I can help you get
everything needed to get your consignment out and deliver to you within 24
to 48 hours by myself to avoid any more problem upon your acceptance and
assurance to pay me 20% of the total money in the box and both of us will
share whatever be the expenses of getting all the legal documents of the
consignment and the cost for the delivery to your address.


I want us to transact this business and share the money than you loosing
it, since the shipper has abandoned it and ran away. but I promise you that
I will make sure all modalities is finalized for the box to be moved out of
this storage house to your address, But you will give me 20% of the total
amount in this your consignment as stated above and all communication must
be held extremely confidential.


Awaits your urgent response if this is a deal or call me immediately for
more details

Best Regards,

Terry Defoor

Assistant Inspection Officer,

My Direct Mobile: (940)6025279

Email: mrtdefoor@r7.com

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