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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: USPS Galveston TX <barristerdavidjohnson29@gmail.com>
Reply-To: diplomatmark_wilfred32@aol.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:51:51 +0100
Subject: WELCOME TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

WELCOME TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS) Founded: August 28,
1907, Seattle, Washington, United States
CEO: David P. Abney Subsidiaries: The UsPS Store, Mail Boxes, UPS
Airlines, Shipping and Mailing Service
Address: 5826 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX 77551, United States
Phone: (+1) (857) 574-5004
Open until 6:30 PM

Attention :


This message is coming to you from the USPS Office in the address
(5826 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX 77551, United States) Your Name
And Your Contact Details Was Given To This Office by The world
financial body & United Nations Officers In Respect Of Your payment of
your ATM card,i am in receipt of your full contact and mailing address
needed for the delivery


As it may interest you to know all necessary things have been done to
transfer your ATM card to you,so all you have to do now is to send
delivery information your funds once the ATM is delivered to you and
the ATM CARD valued sum of $15.5MILLION usd will easily and safely
deliver to you by our service (USPS) to avoid any delay issues again
so all you needs to do now is to contact us with your delivery
information such as bellow information so we can mail it to you
overnight immediately to enable you receive your card within 48 hours
after you send information full center will send you an Atm Card which
you will use to make your withdraw of your money in any ATM machine in
any part of the world, but the maximum is one Thousand five hundred
United States Dollars Per-Day, till you complete the withdrawal of
Your ATM Card Value is $15.5MILLION

The delivery will commence immediately as we have receive your
delivery information such as,

Your Name___
Your Country__
Your Address___
Your Age
Your Occupation
Your Airport
Direct Phone number__

We await your immediate respond asap and feel free to call or text us
at (+1) (857) 574-5004

Thanks for being in serve with us and we promise to serve you better

Sincerely
Mr. Mark Wilfred
USPS DIRECTOR
5826 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX 77551, United States
Phone: (+1) (857) 574-5004

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