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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: Michael Island <support@flylax.com>
Reply-To: cliff_colind@aliyun.com
Date: 15 Aug 2021 20:46:03 -0700
Subject: I Await Your Swift Respond

Hello Good Friend


I have very vital information to share with you, and all I am
asking for is your trust. I also want you to know that, this may
cause me my job if words get out that I gave this information
out. So for this I need somebody that I can trust.

My name is Marsh Arce, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities
(Operations, Maintenance, Transportation) at Los Angeles
International Airport - L.A.X,USA. During my recent withheld
package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault last year
December 2020, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat
from Australia and when scanned, it revealed an undisclosed sum
of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 320kg. The
consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment
was not properly declared by the consignee as "MONEY" rather it
was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also
the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non
Inspection Charges of $5,700.00.

The trunk has since been deposited with a bank after report
confirmed, the death of the diplomat, whom report says, he died
from Covid-19 complications. So the reason I am contacting you,
is for you to work with me and act as his next of kin, because
you both share the same last name. I will go ahead and pay for
the United States Non Inspection Fee of $5,700.00 and arrange for
you, documents in which you will present to the bank. On
completion, the bank will hand over all the money to you by
transferring it to your bank account but you have to assure me,
once you receive the funds, it will be share equaly.

I wait to hear from you urgently and I will appreciate if we can
keep this deal strictly confidential. You might think of it as
illegal but it's not as if no one comes to make claim of it, the
government will claim it after 2yrs, so it's not illegal.

please get back to me via my private Email:
(cliff_colind@aliyun.com ) for further directives.


Thanks,


MMichael Island

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