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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. Christian Berta" <ccitibankgroup@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ofill754@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 09:43:39 +0100
Subject: I am waiting to hearing from you urgently.

Mr. Christian Berta
Interim Assistance General Manager,
(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation)
Cotonou International Airport
Republic Of Benin.

Re: Your Abandoned Package For Delivery

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have your
trust before I reveal it to you because it may cost me my job, so I need
someone that I can trust for me to be able to reveal the secret to you.

I am Christian Berta, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities
(Operations,Maintenance,Transportation) here at Cotonou International
Airport Benin Republic.

During my recent withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage
Vault, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat and when scanned
it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing
approximately 110kg.

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 Certificate of Legality Charges which is $3,700
USD. On my assumption the consignment is still left in our Storage House
here at the International airport Benin Republic till date. The details of
the consignment including your name, your email address and the official
documents from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk
box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this
consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will advise
you to provide your current Phone Number and Full Address, to enable me
cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official documents
including the name of nearest Airport around your city. Please note that
this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the Benin Republic
Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concluding
the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to
receive your details on my official email account. So in order words to
enable me cross check your details, I will advise you send the required
details to my private email address for quick processing and response. Once
I confirm you as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I can get
everything concluded within 48 hours upon your acceptance and the fund
should proceed to your address for delivery.

Finally, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact
you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us to
transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since
the consignment has not yet been returned to the Benin Republic Treasury
Department after being abandoned by the diplomat, so immediately the
confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the certificate of
legality fee of $3,700 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to
your doorstep to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure me of my 30%
share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will
appreciate if we can keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me via
my private Email (ofill754@gmail.com)for further directions.

You can call me on my phone number or send a text message.

Thank you.
Christian Berta

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