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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: Diplomat Edwardo Richardson <mansionclinton44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: edwardorichardson415@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 12:29:09 +0100
Subject: Dulles International Airport, Washington D.c



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Good Afternoon,
Agent Edwardo Richardson, Head Officer-in-Charge,
Administrative Service Inspection Agency, Dulles International Airport,
Washington. During our investigation, we had noticed an abandoned
shipment through a Diplomat from Russia, which was transferred from
London Heath-row international Airport to our facility in US America ,
and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in 2 Metal
Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 110kg.

The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly
declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal
effect/classified document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping
Agent or confiscation by the relevant authorities.The diplomat’s
inability to pay for Non Inspection fees $900 US DOLLARS OR to present
Non inspection Certificate Document to back up the consignment are the
reason why the consignment is delayed and abandoned but the Non
inspection Certificate can only be obtained from Russian State
Department of Treasury where the shipment was tagged in a lower price
.By our assessment,each of the boxes contains about $4M or more.They are
still left in the airport storage facility till today.

The Consignments were two metal trunk boxes weighing about 65kg each
(Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L)
Approximately.The details of the consignment including your name and
email on the official document from Russian States where the shipment
was tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available
with Airport Authority.As it stands now, you have to reconfirm the
following as stated below.

Your full name:========
Phone Number:========
Full Address:========== &
Personal ID Copy:=========

We need the requested information for Documentation purposes and
confirmation. It had been abandoned by the Agent who was instructed to
complete the delivery, most importantly because he gave a false
declaration, he could not pay for the yellow tag, he could not secure a
valid non inspection document(s), etc.
BEST
Head Officer-in-Charge
Administrative Service Inspection Unit,
E-mail: edwardorichardson415@gmail.com
206) 466-4362

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