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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: CUSTOMS SERVICES USA <jimmyg922@gmail.com>
Reply-To: customsservicescorpany@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 00:14:40 +0100
Subject: CUSTOMS SERVICES AUTHORITY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CUSTOMS SERVICES AUTHORITY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WASHINGTON, (DC) 20001 UNITED STATES
DIRECTOR OFFICE IN CHARFE. JAMES B WOLFE
1 Saarinen Cir, Dulles, AIRPORT VA 20166, United States

HELLO; BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT YOUR PACKAGE HERE THAT WAS CONFISCATED BY
THIS CUSTOM OFFICE IN HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MDT)
PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES. JUST TO INFORM ABOUT YOUR PACKAGETHAT BEEN
LOST FOR A VERY LONGTIME NOW, DUE TO YOUR DELAY AFTER THE DIPLOMAT
AGENT ARRIVE FROM AFRICAN WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT WORTHS OF
$2.5MIL USD AND WE ARE TO GIVE YOU 12 HOURS FROM NOW FOR YOU TO GET
ALL YOUR CLEARANCE PAPER WORKS OUT, WITH THE AMOUNT OF $75.00 DOLLARS
ONLY, WE NEED IT AT THE OFFICE BEFORE THIS HOURS OR THE INTERNATIONAL
BANK DRAFT WILL BE SEIZED AGAIN FOR THE FINAL DIVERSION BY GOVERNMENT
OF USA HERE AND YOU WILL LOSE THE INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT, BESIDES NO
INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT LEAVES THE INTERNATIONAL AIR PORT WITH OUT
OUR NEEDED CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE WHICH COST ONLY $75.00
BECAUSE SOMETIME AGO NOW THE DIPLOMAT THAT HAS HAVE BEEN EMAILING YOU
TO SEND US OUR CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FEES BUT YOU KEEP ON
DELAYING THEN WE ADVICE AGAIN IF YOU MISS THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY
THAT MEANS IT WILL BE VERY HARD FOR YOU TO GET THIS INTERNATIONAL BANK
DRAFT AGAIN , ONCE AGAIN WE NEED YOUR ANXIOUS MAIL DIRECT TO THIS US
CUSTOM OFFICE BEFORE THIS HOURS FOR YOUR INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT TO
LEAVE THIS AIR PORT TO YOUR LOCATION. THIS IS THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL
PAY NOTHING MORE ! NOTHING LESS!

YOU CAN DIRECT THE IMMUNITY STAMP TAG CERTIFICATE FEES TO NIGERIA
CUSTOM HEAD OFFICE AS THE ORIGIN OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT AND
THEY WILL GET IT OBTAIN TO ENABLE THE U.S CUSTOM RELEASE THIS MAN
DIPLOMAT AGENT TO YOUR DESTINATION. AND THEY ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
ANY PAYMENT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ALSO NOTED THAT THE REQUIRE
PAYMENT OF $75.00 SHALL SENT TO NIGERIA HERE FOR SECURITY REASON SO
THAT WE CAN FORWARD TO THE U.S.A CUSTOM SERVICE AS THE ORIGINATOR OF
YOUR PACKAGE.

RECEIVER NAME... EMMANUEL WISDOM
COUNTRY.....LAGOS NIGERIA
TEST QUESTION.....GOOD
ANSWER.....NEWS
AMOUNT:$75.00
MTCN No#.....
SENDER.......
ADDRESS;.......
TELL NO:......

YOUR INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT IS HERE FOR LONGTIME NOW DUE TO YOUR
DELAY AFTER THE DIPLOMAT AGENT ARRIVE FROM AFRICAN WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT AND WE ARE TO GIVE YOU 1-2 BUSINESS DAYS? WE
NEED IT AT THE OFFICE WITHIN 1 BUSINESS DAYS ICE Welcome Ceremony

THANK AND GOD BLESS.
BEST REGARDS
CHARFE. LARRY J WOLFE
TELL:+2347088704666
CUSTOMS SERVICES USA AUTHORITY COUNTRY
Harrisburg International Airport

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