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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: info@mandarine.com
Reply-To: ramseywhale@gmail.com
Date: 07 Jul 2017 02:58:13 -0700
Subject: Your Abandoned Package For Delivery.

Mr.Ramsey Whale
Interim Assistance General Manager,
(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation)
DFW International Airport
2400 Aviation Dr, DFW Airport, TX 75261, USA
Tel:+(1)972-908-0762
Email:ramseywhale@gmail.com

Hello Good Friend,

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must
have your trust before I
review it to you because it may cause me my job, so I need
somebody that I can trust for
me to be able to review the secret to you.

I am Mr.Ramsey Whale, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities
(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation) here at the DFW
International Airport USA.
During my recent withheld package routine check at the Airport
Storage Vault, I
discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Africa and
when scanned, it
revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box
weighing approximately 110kg.
The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the
consignment was not properly
declared by the consignee as “MONEY” rather it was declared as
personal effect to avoid
interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for
the United States Non
Inspection Charges which is $3,700USD. On my assumption the
consignment is still left in
our Storage House here at the DFW International Airport till
date. The details of the
consignment including your name, your email address and the
official documents from the
United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of
this consignment as the
assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will advise you
provide your current Phone
Number and Full Address, to enable me cross check if it
corresponds with the address on
the official documents including the name of nearest Airport
around your city. Please
note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to
the United States
Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in
concluding the clearance
processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive
your details on my
official email account. So in order words to enable me cross
check your details, I will
advise you send the required details to my private email address
for quick processing
and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the
trunk box, I can get
everything concluded within 48hours upon your acceptance and
proceed to your address for
delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself
to contact you
personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us
to transact this
business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since the
consignment has not
yet been returned to the United States Treasury Department after
being abandoned by the
diplomat so immediately the confirmation is made, I will go ahead
and pay for the United
States Non Inspection Fee of $3,700 dollars and arrange for the
box to be delivered to
your doorstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more
trouble but you have to
assure me of my 30% share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I
will appreciate if we can
keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me via my private
Email
(ramseywhale@gmail.com)for further directives: You can call me on
my telephone number and drop a message at (972)908-0762

Thank you.

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