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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 Louis Dejoy <deplomaticagent471@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usoffice434@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 04:28:27 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION

United States Postal Service Address: 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520.

Dear Friend: How are you doing today together with your family, My
Name is Louis DeJoy. I’m the new appointed Postman of Regular Mail
Post Office branched at United States. I assumed this office on 14th,
April, 2021. Ongoing through the files of the previous records of this
office, I discovered that there are six parcels containing ATM cards
each one attached with an email address of the owner on it. The former
appointee of this office ( David C. Williams ) failed to carry out the
delivery as it was instructed and programmed. And one of his reasons
for not carrying out the delivery was that you have not provided your
postal address to him for the completion of the delivery. According to
the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited by one
Senior Evangelist James H. Bilbray, who died Few months ago. On the
statement he wrote on the list, he stated that each of the
aforementioned ATM cards contains (US$6,000,000.00 six Million
United States Dollars ) and he found your email addresses without your
names in the internet. The rest of the five email addresses are listed
below should case you are interested in asking them if this is real;
or if they have received the same message as you did.

Meanwhile, I am making the arrangement of posting the six parcels
through Regular Mail Post Office to all of you. So, I want you to
provide your postal address and your personal information as listed
below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Postal Address:
3. Your Country and current City:
4. Your Telephone Number:
5. Your Country’s Postal Code:

Don’t be surprise in case this email message appears in your mail box
as “undisclosed recipients” because I am sending the same message of
the same content to six of you at the same time.

I went to our head office at United States, and reported the issue of
the discovered six ATM cards in my office and they verified it and
gave me the order to carry out the delivery immediately after you send
the $100 for the Postal Stamp of the parcel. We would have deducted the
fee out of the main fund but as you are clearly aware that we don’t
have any access to the pin code of the ATM card until you receive it
and open it yourself. It’s an illegal act for us to open the pin code
ourselves. So, you should send the $100 today for the Postal Stamp.
Send the $100 through information below for immediate release of your
ATM card to your doorstep within 48 hours you send the money. You are
required to send the fee of Postal Stamp of the parcel today.

information: send $100 buy any of
the listed Card. Steam Wallet Card or iTunes Card. $100 and attached
the copy,

Yours Sincerely,
Louis DeJoy,
United States Postal Service.

States Of America

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