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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: "FROM, MR.GREG HELMS" <jamesentwistei655@gmail.com>
Reply-To: customgreghelms@citromail.hu
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 06:38:57 -0700
Subject:

Airport Storage and Cargo Unit
Erie International Airport (Pennsylvania) PA 16505, USA
Call. +1 3055 0182 89

It's unfortunate that your inability to receive your Consignment Box
Reg #: HG1N8875B2, originally scheduled to be delivered to you by the
agency foreign payment service. The Cargo box in question is in a
metal box valued 9,616,000USD (Nine Million, Six Hundred and Sixteen
thousand United States dollars) arrived at Philadelphia International
Airport via United Airlines Flight UA 4130 for so long.

I am writing to inform you that we have intercepted and investigated
the said Consignment box, our investigation proved the legitimacy of
its content as it was mentioned. Note, your Consignment box was
initially scheduled to be deliver in your destination, the Diplomatic
Agent who arrived with the Cargo box made several attempts to reach
you, but all efforts proved abortive, so he decided to leave/go back
to his country, but before he left he settled the delivery charges and
left only Storage Keeping Charges unpaid due to the reasons that he
did not know when you will make claim on the Cargo Box and Storage
Unit charges $35.00 per each day the Consignment box stays in our
custody.

Therefore you are advised to get back to us as we the Cargo Unit and
U.S Customs are to assist you deliver the cargo box to you or we will
be compelled to refer/list your Consignment Box as an unclaimed, maybe
forfeited and moved to United Kingdom for holding.

God Bless United States of America.

MR.GREG HELMS.,
Director. Airport Storage and Cargo Unit Erie International
Airport-Pennsylvania-PA 16505, USA
E-mail: Mr.Greg.Helms@consultant.com
E-mail: customgreghelms@citromail.hu

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