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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: "Ronald MacLeod" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ronaldmcld@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 01:30:52 -0700
Subject: Re: You Consignment Is Arrived

Cargo Inspector and Transportation officer,
Miami International Airport 2100 NW 42nd Ave, Miami,
FL 33126, United States
CALL: 910-375-6737
 
Attn,
 
I arrived your city airport today in with your consignment Box, reg #: JG1N8875BS, when scanned, it Revealed huge amount of 24 karat Gold Bars in a silver Metal Trunk Box, each gold bar weighed approximately 100g per piece. According to the documents Tagged on the metal box the value of the gold is estimated to be $46 million US Dollar, from my estimation there are 1,455 pieces of gold bars in the metallic box.
 
Contact and provide your current address in full and your personal cell # with the name of the nearest airport around your city for verification as soon as possible to enable the delivery of your consignment to your address ASAP.
 
Your urgent responds is highly needed.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Ronald MacLeod

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