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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: Willson Perry <ah@markson505.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <willsonperry772@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:59:34 +0100
Subject: URGENT CONTACT DIPLOMATIC AGENT.WILLSON, IN DELIVERY OF YOUR BOX FUND.



Director Airport Inspection Officer
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
574 Airport South Pkwy
Atlanta, GA
Good day,

Please confirm if you are the owner of the above name and contact address as the address is

what we have in the Two Metal Trunk Consignment Boxes here in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta

International Airport.

I AM MR.WILLSON PERRY Director United Nations Inspection Unit officer Hartsfield Jackson

Atlanta International Airport Atlanta Georgia, working hand in hand with Department of

Homeland Security and U.S Customs and Border Protection. During our investigation, I

discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from United Kingdom under ship forwarder

was transferred from JF Kennedy Airport to our facility here in Atlanta and when scanned,

it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 110kg

each. 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, each of the boxes will contain more than $1 Million to $1.5 Million each

and the consignment is still left in storage house till today through a registered shipping

Company, Courier Dispatch Service Limited a division of Tran guard LTD. The Consignment are

Two Metal Trunk Boxes with weight of about 110kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73

(cm). Effective capacity: 680 L.), approximately
The details of the consignment including your name, the official documents from United

Nation office are tagged on the Metal Trunk boxes. I will advice you to provide your Phone

Number and Your full address, to cross check if they correspond with the address on the

official documents. Include the name of your nearest Airport and other details. You can

send the required details to me for onward delivery. All communication must be held

extremely confidential. I can get everything concluded within 3-4 hours upon your

acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery. But I must get assurance from you

concerning my 50% before I will proceed.
I want us to transact this business and share the money, since the shipper has abandoned it

and ran away. I will pay for the Non inspection fee and arrange for the boxes to be moved

out of this Airport to your address, once we are through I will deploy the services of a

secured shipping Company geared to provide the security it needs to your doorstep. Or I can

bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble. But I will share it 50% to you and 50% to me.

But you have to assure me of my 50%. Therefore I will need a written guarantee and a copy

of any type of identification of yours on my 50% compensation before I can do anything.

I wait to hear from you.

MR.WILLSON perry
Director Airport Inspection Officer
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
574 Airport South Pkwy
Atlanta, GA


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