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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. Godwin Ikem" <officefilemail3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: diplomataliwhite121@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 04:03:38 -1100
Subject: Re: Contact Diplomat Ali White For Your Atm Card 1(754)205-8015).

Hellow Dear Friend

I'm diplomatic agent MR ALI WHITE, I have been trying to reach you on
your Email about an hour now, just to inform you about my successful
arrival at San Jose International Airport California (San Jose,
California, U.S.A) with your box of consignment worth $2.8 Million
Dollars which I have been instructed by (GOVERNMENT OF WEST AFRICA
ECOWAS) to be delivered to you.

The Airport Authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to
prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud
money, I have presented the papers and handed to them and they are
very much pleased with the papers I presented but the only thing that
is still keeping me here at the airport is your non inspection
clearance certificate and delivery tag which is not placed on the
package and one of the airport authority has advise that we get the
delivery tag so that I can exit the airport immediately and make my
delivery successful to you, I try to reason with them and they stated
that both the non inspection fee and the delivery tag will cost us
just $175 Dollars only to get the two documents placed on the packages
as that documents will enable me proceed to your address without any
more delay.

Please try as much as you can to text me on Phone below as I can not
afford to spend much time here . You can direct the tag fee to our
Head Office as they will get it here for you and they are entitled to
receive and make any payment to foreign countries authority. Email or
Text me with below information to enable me know your arrangement for
the $175,

Meanwhile you are advice to reconfirm the below information upon
contacting me to avoid delivery to wrong person.

1- Your Full Name
2- Your Delivery Address
3- Your Contact Telephone Number
4- Your Occupation
5- Your nearest Airport

Email me the payment information as soon as you made the payment
available to the name of Federal Ministry of Finance, Text me on this
phone number 1(754)205-8015).

REGARDS
MR ALI WHITE
Phone Number: 1(754)205-8015).
Email: (diplomataliwhite121@hotmail.com).

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