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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. Michael Heimbach" <mrterrycooll@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usasecuriity@mail2america.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:39:09 +0100
Subject: Why did you abandon your package in Airport?

FROM U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
( DHS ) Department of Homeland Security
DHS) Orlando, FL 32827, United States
Email; usasecuriity@mail2america.com
Email; mrmichealheimbach@mail.ru

Dear Beneficiary


We like to inform you that there is an Abandon package in our custody
here in Orlando International Airport Florida which a Diplomatic
Agent left here and went back home, we waited for the ownership of
the package to report but we did not heard from any body, so we
ordered by Airport chief security officer to open the package but
unfortunate when we open the package we found out that the package
contain ATM CARD from Africa And we saw your name as
Beneficiary of the ATM CARD, why do you Abandon such property here
for long?

Now for security reason we needed you to reconfirm your detail to us
so that we verify it to know if it was the same with the one we see on
the files here as the true owner of the ATM CARD, According to the
ownership paper here show that the ATM CARD contain total
$10.5Million usd inside the ATM CARD,

Now we shall no like to make any mistake by sending the ATM CARD to
the wrong person that is why we ask you to please reconfirm your
detail to us, if your detail are corresponds with the ones we have here
that means we are sending it to the rightful owner , send your
detail while we go summit the file to custom here for release of the
ATM CARD OK,

So we shall need you to send us your Detail as below,

Your full name;
Your Home address;
Your country;
Your city; Houston
Your Phone number;
Attach of your passport or any id license

Contact us now and forward all this detail to us so that we don`t made
mistake on delivery of the ATM CARD OK,

Mr. Michael Heimbach
Special Agent Airport DHS.
Email; usasecuriity@mail2america.com
Email; mrmichealheimbach@mail.ru

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