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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Patrick Douglas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infodatapg@citromail.hu>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:06:22 +0100
Subject: If you WILL ACCEPT

Hello

I am Patrick Douglas D i r ec t o r of inspection Unit U N I n s pe c t i o n Officer here in Hartsfield Jackson Airport Atlanta GA. We are rounding up for the last Quarter of the auditing, all abandon Consignment in U S Airports are being transfer to our facilities here for inspection and confiscation. During our findings, I discovered an abandoned s h i p m e n t on your name which was transferred to our facility here in Hartsfield Jackson Airport, when s c a n n e d it revealed an undisclosed amount of funds in a Metal Trunk B o x. The c o n s i g n m e n t was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the c o n s i g n ee as money, rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid diversion by the D i p l o m a t i c Agent also his inability to pay for Non Inspection requirements.

On my assumption, the boxes will contain more that 6 M U S D and the consignment is a metal box and still left in the storage facility till today. The details of the consignment including your name the official document are tagged on the Metal Trunk box.

I want to use my good office and clear the Consignment and deliver it to you. If you WILL ACCEPT MY CONDITION AND want us to transact the delivery for mutual b-enefit, you should provide your name, Phone Number and full a-ddress, to cross check if it corresponds with the a-ddress on the official document. All communication must be held extremely confidential. I can get everything concluded within 24 to 48 hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your a-ddress for delivery. But it must be on the condition that you will give me 30percent of the amount contained in the boxes and i must get assurance from you concerning my 20percent before i will proceed.

All communication must be held e x t r e m e l y c o n f i d e n t i a l. I can get everything concluded within 24 to 48 hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your a-ddress for delivery. But it must be on the condition that you will give me 30percent of the amount contained in the box and i must get assurance from you concerning my 30percet before i will proceed.

I want us to transact this business and share the m-oney, since the shipper have abandoned it and ran away. I will pay for the Non inspection fee and arrange for the boxes to be moved out of this Airport to your a-ddress, Once i am through, i will deploy the services of a secured shipping Company to provide the security it needs to your doorstep. or i can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble. But i will share it 70% to you and 30% to me. But you have to assure me of my 30%. do respond to m-e immediately if you are i-nterested to conclude this with me.

Looking forward to hear from you

Best Regards,
Patrick Douglas
INSPECTION OFFICER

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