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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. X" <admin@abbacustechnologies.com>
Reply-To: zehramustafa221@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 05:20:33 -0800
Subject: My names are Ozil Mustapha

My names are Zehra Zeynep Mustafa, I am the general manager operations and logistic at Deliverysteer Logistics LLC. You can read about me on our company website Deliveryhelm.com

A shipment that was meant to be delivered to you is currently in our office in Turkey, the reason why you have not received the shipment was because it was confiscated by the Turkish ministry of customs and trade. The package then; was in violation of overseas shipment packaging act that was not allowing the shipment to go through from Turkey to US.

The package was released to our company on 15 June, 2019 for shipment and we have been mandated by the US-Turkey Business Council (USTBC) after an audit to dispatch all undelivered and unclaimed packages & parcels in our store rooms to all rightful owners with immediate effect following a transparency agreement signed in December 2019 by the US-Turkey Business Council and the Ministry of Customs and Trade.

The reason why your receiving this email is because, the packages containing €14.000.000.00 and 68.3 kilogram of gold bars was registered for shipment to you, before it got confiscated.

The shipping records at the time it was deposited in your name.

My company is in dire need to dispatch all valuable packages in our store possession, as we're optimistic that the Coronavirus pandemic will create security challenges for us regarding the continued safety of your package in our custody.

You have two options to receive your shipment which are (I) we can invite you over to come pick it up and (ii) with our several years of brilliant delivery, we can deliver your package to your address door-step within 7 to 18 working days without any custom obstacles. You can reply to this email or as well speak to our customer representative, if you need more clarification.

We can begin the shipment of your package to you, if you validate the ownership of your package by providing us with the following information.

FULL NAME
DATE OF BIRTH
REACHABLE CONTACT NUMBER
RESIDENTIAL / OFFICE ADDRESS
GENDER
DRIVER’S LICENCE, NATIONAL ID CARD OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT

Am hoping this email finds you in good health, so that we can start processing your shipment to you immediately.

Thank you for your cooperation

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