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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 ANTHONY EZE <babansultan2290@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ddsaffry82@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 05:57:38 -0800
Subject: THIS IS POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY

MUBARAK MUSE GUNAR HOUSE PLOT 1279 MUHAMMAD BUKHARIN WAY PMB 12537,
GARIK 900001 ABUJA. NIGERIA ATTENTION : BENEFICIARY CUSTOMERS
SERVICE HOURS--MONDAY TO SATURDAY: OFFICE HOURS MONDAY TO SUNDAY:
THIS IS POST OFFICE DELIVERY COMPANY OF NIGERIA, THE MANAGEMENT OF
THIS COMPANY, WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT, WE RECEIVED A CEL CONTAINING
AN ATM MASTER CARD VALUED $10.5MILLION USD WITH SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS
ATTACHED ON IT, FOR SAFETY DELIVERY TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IN
YOUR COUNTRY. THIS IS (PAYMENT OFFICE ) I AM DIRECTED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOUR PAYMENT VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATIONS IS OK.YOUR ATM CARD
NUMBERS IS: 4848422551596784, THIS PARCEL WAS BROUGHT TO US THIS
MORNING BY UNITED BANK OF AFRICA(UBA),WITH SOME INSTRUCTION FROM
UNITED NATION AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND(IMF) WITH THE BELOW
INFORMATION'S, PLEASE RECONFIRM THE BELOW INFORMATION, TO AVOID
DELIVERY YOUR TM MASTER CARD TO A WRONG HAND. FULL NAMES......
PARCEL OWNER ADDRESS.... TEL.... A COPY OF YOUR WORKING ID CARD WE
WILL REGISTER YOUR PACKAGE AND SEND YOU THE TRACKING NUMBERS BEFORE WE
PROCEED FOR SAFETY DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE AS SOON AS YOU RECONFIRM
THE REQUIRED INFORMATION'S FOR SAFETY DELIVERY. POST OFFICE IS ONE OF
THE WORLD'S GREAT SUCCESS STORIES, THE START UP THAT REVOLUTIONIZED
THE DELIVERY OF PACKAGES AND INFORMATION. IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, WE
HAVE GROWN UP AND GROWN INTO A DIVERSE FAMILY OF POST OFFICE THAT'S
BIGGER, STRONGER, BETTER THAN EVER. WAITING TO READ YOUR YOURS
AFFECTIONATELY. MR ANTHONY EZE

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