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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 JOSEPH POWELL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officeontactlist247@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 14:52:34 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY

CUSTOMS SERVICES OF NIGERIA REPUBLIC ATTENTION MY DEAR, THIS IS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT YOUR PACKAGE HERE AT OUR OFFICE MURTALA MOHAMED INTERNATIONAL AIR-PORT NIGERIA, YOUR PACKAGE WHICH CONTAINS $15,000.000.00 Million HAS BEEN HERE FOR LONG NOW AND WE ARE TO GIVE YOU 7 WORKING DAYS FOR YOU TO GET YOUR CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE, WHICH COST YOU $145 DOLLARS ONLY.WE NEED IT AT THE OFFICE BEFORE THIS 7 WORKING DAYS OR YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE SEIZED AND YOU LOSE THE PACKAGE, NO PACKAGE LEAVES THE INTERNATIONAL AIR PORT WITH OUT CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE; WE NEED YOUR URGENT ATTENTION BEFORE THIS 7 WORKING DAYS FOR YOUR PACKAGE TO LEAVE THIS AIR PORT TO YOUR LOCATION. CONTACT US BACK ON THIS EMAIL ( officeontactlist247@gmail.com) SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION WHERE TO SEND THE MONEY. NOTE THAT THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS NEED THIS INFORMATION FOR THEIR DIPLOMAT TO LOCATE YOU IMMEDIATELY HE ARRIVE YOUR AIR PORT WITH THE CONSIGNMENT BOX; YOUR FULL NAME ============= YOUR HOME ADDRESS ============= YOUR CLOSE AIR PORT ========== NAME OF YOUR COUNTRY ======== YOUR PICTURE OR ID ======== YOUR AGE======== YOUR OCCUPATIONS ========== PHONE NUMBERS ============= THAT IS ALL THE CUSTOMS NEEDED FROM YOU SO GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL TODAY SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS YOUR DELIVERY IMMEDIATELY. MR JOSEPH POWELL DIRECTOR GENERAL CUSTOMS SERVICES NIGERIA REPUBLIC TEL;+234 802 838 3784 Email======== officeontactlist247@gmail.com

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