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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: IMPORTANT NOTICE <officemailfile47@gmail.com>
Reply-To: airportauthoritywashingtondc@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 02:44:09 +0100
Subject: Attention

I am Mr.Christopher Wilson , Head Officer-in-Charge, Administrative
Service Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency in
Washington, DC Dulles International Airport, During our investigation,
we discovered an abandoned shipment through a Diplomat agent, and we
scanned it here with our facility revealed an undisclosed sum of money
in ATM Card package weighing approximately 95kg .


The package was abandoned because the Content was not properly
declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal
effect/classified document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping
Agent or confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomat's
inability to pay for Non Inspection fees among other things are the
reason why the package is delayed and abandoned.


By my assessment, the package contains about $10.5Million Dollars or
more. They are still left in the airport storage facility till today.
The package like I said are weighing about 95kg (Internal dimension:
W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The
details of the package including your name and email on the official
document from Federal Reserve Bank New York where the shipment was
tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available with
us. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the package or
allow us repatriate it back to Federal Reserve Bank New York (place of
origin) as directed.


As I did say again, the shipper abandoned it and ran away most
importantly because he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for
the yellow tag, he could not secure a valid non inspection
document(s), etc. I am ready to assist you in any way I can for you to
get back this packages provided you will also give me something out of
it (financial gratification). You can either come in person, or you
engage the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that
will provide the necessary security that is required to deliver the
package to your doorstep or the destination of your choice.


I need all the guarantee that I can get from you before I can get
involved in this project.

Best Regards,
Christopher Wilson

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