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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 Good Luck diplomat Agent <bankofamericawa12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: diplomatagentmrgoodluck840@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:42:17 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?I=E2=80=99m_Mr_Mr_Good_Luck_diplomat_Agent?=

Attention,

I’m Mr Mr Good Luck diplomat Agent; I have been trying to reach you on
your telephone about an hour now just to inform you about my
successful arrival in John Wayne Airport

(SNA), Orange County, California with your two boxes of consignment
worth $4.5Million USD which I have been instructed by ECOWAS COURIER
DELIVERY COMPANY to be delivered to you.

The Airport authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to
prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud
money,

I have presented the papers I handed to them and they are very much
pleased with the paper’s I presented but the only thing that is still
keeping me here is the airport delivery

Tag which is not placed on the boxes, one of the Airport Authority has
advise that we get the delivery tag so that I can exit the airport
immediately and make my delivery

successful .I try to reason with them and they stated the delivery tag
will cost us just $50 Dollars Steam Wallet card or Apple iTunes gift
card only to get the two tag placed

on the boxes as that tag will enable me get to your house successfully
without any interference, they scanned the boxes and found out that
the fund is 100 % spend able and

accepted by any bank in the whole world.


Please try and reach me with my international roaming Whatsapp number
+1508-426-2642 it working here as I can not afford to spend more
time here due to other delivery I have

to take the papers backing the funds together with my ID CARD as I can
care of in Bangkok. Here are accompany you to your bank were you will
deposit the fund successfully with

these papers. I have 1 more vital paper with me but I can only present
you the hard copy when I reach your house as that it’s the diplomatic
rules, such as authorization to

deliver.You can direct the tag fee to our Head Office as they will get
it here for you and they are entitled to receive and make any payment
to foreign countries authority.



Please without any mistake to your home address Kindly get back to me
with this information's below.

1. Your full names.................................
2. Your country..................................
3. Your city......................................
4. Your scan copy of your ID
5. Your directly Whats-app phone number...................
6. Your nearest International Airport....................
7. Your full home address...................................
8. Your occupation...................................
10. E-mail:...................................
11. Password:...................................
GET BACK TO ME IN MY EMAIL NOW; ( diplomatagentmrgoodluck840@gmail.com
Below is my Whats-app number call me +1508-426-2642 or SMS me through
Whats-app to Whats-app only.
Regard
Mr Good Luck diplomat Agent

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