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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- fedex_courire.reg021@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: DR.GEORGE KURT <ipmnet@ncipm.org.in>
Reply-To: fedex_courire.reg021@aol.com
Date: 21 Jun 2021 09:41:08 -0700
Subject: YOUR SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
Dear Beneficiary,
Compliment of the day to you and your families have been waiting
for you since to come down here and pick your compensation Check
which my boss left with me on his departure to England but I did
not hear from you since that time till today.I went to the bank
to confirm whether the Check is getting close to expire as it has
been long time my boss issued the Check.The director of the bank
Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of Financial Trust Bank Limited told
me that before the draft will get
to you that it will expire.Then I told him to help me and cash
the Check worth of $5.800.000.00 to cash payment.
However,I have successfully cashed the draft and packaged it in
two trunk boxes and have registered it in the FedEx Courier
Company here in Lagos because I will travel to see my boss in
England and will not come back till End of this 2021.You have to
contact the FedEx Diplomatic Courier Company to know when they
will deliver the two of your consignment boxes to your address.I
have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fees.The only
money you have to send to them is their official security keeping
fees which is USD$98 USD to receive your boxes.Don’t be deceived
by anybody.I should have paid the keeping
fee but I do not know how long it will take before you contact
them and the keeping fee increases weekly.
This is their E-mail Contact Address:
Director Name: MR.JAMES BOONER
(Director FedEx Diplomatic Courier Company)
Their E-mail Contact :( fedex_courire.reg021@aol.com )
Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country with your package.
This is the information they needed from you..
1) Your Full Name ===============
2) Your Home Address=============
3) Your Fax==========
4) Your Cell Numbers==============
5) You personal identification===
6) Your Occupation=====
Below is your shipping code of the two of your consignment boxes
so
Contact them with the below code.
YOUR SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01
Deposit Certificate N0: 405576
Consignment Description: 2 METAL Boxes Sensitive Church
Ministerial Materials
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid the weekly
increasing of the security keeping fee.Note.I didn't tell the
FedEx Diplomatic Courier Company that it's money inside the two
trunk boxes,I registered it as a boxes of a Church Minister
Materials.This is to avoid delay or any upfront problem during
the delivery.So,do not let them know that the two trunk boxes
contains money.Do let me know as soon as you received your
boxes.You will contact me only through e-mail as my phone is no
longer available now that I am out from our country.I may not be
able to respond to you urgent but I will get back
to you whenever I checked my email.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
DR.GEORGE KURT
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