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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: "U.S.Customs and Border Protection" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: us.costumservice1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:29:20 +0100
Subject: From U.S.Customs and Border Protection

Office of Investigations SAC Offices
SAC Washington, DC
2675 Prosperity Avenue


Fairfax, VA 22031
Email address:

Attention Fund Beneficiary

We have been instructed to release your Consignment Box containing thesum
of $3.5million, that this Unit of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
seized, which has been in our custody for a long time due to your
inability to provide the Clearance certificates, which you were
asked to obtain from Africa where the fund was transferred from.

You were fortunate after our investigation last month the US Department of
States instructed that we should release all the fund that U.S.Customs and
Border Protection seized to their owners in this Second quarter of the
year 2018, you are therefore advised to come or send your representative
to this office to claim your fund immediately.

You are advised to comply immediately on his email
:{us.costumservice1@aol.com}, Below is the office address.

U.S.Customs and Border Protection.
Office of Investigations SAC Offices
SAC Washington, DC
2675 Prosperity Avenue

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