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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.Andrew Roy Joseph <info@ixys.ch>
Reply-To: <andrewroyjoseph@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 02:44:02 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION:Notice On Your Consignment Box reg #: HG1N8875B2.

 
Airport Storage and Cargo Unit
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
PA 19153, USA
 
Greetings,
 
We have written to you before expecting that you would reply as regards
the urgency information we passed to you. Anyway, we don’t know if you did
receive it or not that is the reason we are sending this reminder concerning
your inability to receive your Consignment Box reg #:HG1N8875B2 originally
scheduled to be delivered to you by the agency foreign payment service
United Kingdom. This Consignment box in a metal box valued $10.5USD
(Ten  Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars)
which arrived here at the Philadelphia International Airport via United  Airlines Flight UA 4130.
 
 
We are writing to inform you that we have intercepted and investigated
the said Consignment box and the investigation proved the legitimacy
of its content. Note, your Consignment box was initially scheduled for
delivery to you, The Diplomat who arrived with the Consignment made
several attempts to reach you all efforts proved abortive so he
decided to leave for his country but before he left he settled the
delivery charges and left the Storage Keeping Charges unpaid due to
the reasons that he did not know when you will make claim on the
consignment and the Cargo and Storage Unit charges $25.00 for each day
the Consignment box stays in our  custody.
 
 
You are therefore advised to contact me back  as we the Cargo Unit and
U.S Customs are  to assist you recover your Consignment box and
deliver it to you.
 
 
You are to  contact  back today  and  recover your Consignment or we will be
compelled to list your Consignment Box as an unclaimed.
 
God Bless United States of America.
 
 
Mr.Andrew Roy Joseph,
Director. Airport Storage and Cargo Unit
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
PA 19153, United States

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