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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: David P Abney <courtofjusticesupreme@gmail.com>
Reply-To: courier.ups8020@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:51:55 +0100
Subject: WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)

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WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE UPS
Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, United States Founded: August 28, 1907,
Seattle, Washington, United States
CEO: David P. Abney
Email: ( courier.ups8020@gmail.com )
Subsidiaries: The UPS Store, Mail Boxes, UPS Airlines,
Shipping and Mailing Service
ADDRESS:9838 Old Bay meadows Rd Jacksonville FL.USA ·
Open until 6:30 PM

This message is coming to you from the UPS Office in the address (9838
Old Bay meadows Rd Jacksonville) and we hereby today dated 27/01/2022
to inform you that there is a certified ATM CARD from Bank of America
registered to our officer here this morning from one Mrs Debra Kenneth
from Africa and according to her the West African Compensation Union
in conjunction with United Nation Union is compensating all the scam
victims and your email address was found in the scam victim's list and
due to too much fraud in Africa they couldn't offer the money to you
directly from Africa so they now decided to pay you by certified ATM
CARD and the check valued sum of $13,500.000.00 USD will easily and
safely deliver it to you by UPS to avoid any fraudulent issues again
so all you needs to do now is to contact us with your delivery
information such as.

Your Full Name:::::::::::::::::
Your Address:::::::::::::::::::::
Your PO Box Number::::::::::::::::
Your Direct Telephone number:::::

Thanks for being in serve with us and we promise to serve you better
as good citizen.

David P Abney
UPS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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