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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: "UPS DELIVERY COMPANY,NEW CITY UNITED STATE OF AMERICA U.S.A" <wellstransferonline@gmail.com>
Reply-To: deliveryagent216@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:34:16 +0100
Subject:

*THE OFFICER IN-CHARGE*
*UPS DELIVERY COMPANY,NEW CITY UNITED STATE OF AMERICA U.S.A.*


*Greetings, Valued Beneficiary,*

*My Name is MR. Eric. victor, the Office in Charge UPS Delivery Express
Services here*
*NEW CITY UNITED STATE OF AMERICA U.S.A*

*This is to inform you that we have received a package containing an*
*ATM Card from Mr. Godwin Emefiele of CBN Bank governor. and we have been
instructed to deliver the package to you*
*without any further delay again you are instructed to call or text this
Line immediately for more Direction's +1203-666-8011.*

*Meanwhile I am very happy to let you know that all other clearance
charges/fees regarding the delivery of your ATM Card package has been paid
by 600 LEXINGTON AVE | New York New York UNITED STATE OF AMERICA U.S.A.*
*Branch were your Atm was deposited and*
*approved, so you don't have to pay for any clearance fee again.*

*The only thing remaining right now is the Cross Border Certificate and the
Curency Control Service Exchange Certificate of your package*
*which you are to settle before your package will be delivered to you.*

*Note that we have been instructed not to deliver your ATM Card package to
you without receiving the Insurance fee from you. Also we can not*
*take the risk of delivering your package to you without insuring it
because we can not afford to pay for any lost or damage in the process*
*of delivering your package to you, try and understand the situation at*
*hand.*

*However The tracking number of your ATM Card will be issued to you as*
*soon as we receive the Insurance fee of $100.00 from you, So you are*
*here by advised to proceed to any Money Gram near you and send the*
*Insurance fee of $700.00 to our receiving Branch Office in 600 LEXINGTON
AVE | New York New York UNITED STATE OF AMERICA U.S.A.to <http://U.S.A.to>
enable us proceed with the final Delivery to your*
*Door Step.*


*Take note that you will have to stop communication with every other person
if you have been in contact with any.*

*Also remember that all*
*you will ever have to spend is $700.00, for Insurance nothing more!*
*Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully
delivered to you within the next 24hrs after confirmation receipt of the
fee of $700.00 USD.*

*Note: Every other thing has been taken care off, including taxes,*
*custom paper and all clearance duties. So all you will ever need to*
*pay is only $700.00 for Insurance because we can not take the risk of*
*delivering your package to you without insuring it and we can not*
*afford to pay for any lost or damage in the process of delivering your*
*package to you, try and understand the situation at hand. However The*
*tracking number of your package will be sent to you as soon as we*
*receive the fee from you.*

*Note that you can withdraw money from your international ATM*
*Debit/Master Card from any ATM machine location or center of your*
*choice/Nearest to you in any part of the world. Please kindly*
*reconfirm the following details below to avoid any wrong Delivery over*
*this transaction,*

*1. Your full name:*
*2. Delivery address:*
*3. Your direct tel, cell:*
*4. A copy of your id or id numbers for identification:*

*Be advised that this is the only delay we having now and you must do*
*what you can to comply with the fee so that we can get this done today or
tomorrow morning, so do get back to us when you have send the fee as well,
Your package will be sent to you upon confirmation receipt of the Insurance
fee.*

*We are so sure of everything and we are giving you*
*a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within
the next 24hrs after you have made the payment $700.00 for*
*Insurance.*

*Forward the payment details and also the senders information to this*
*office once the Payment is made so that we can get your package*
*delivered to your door step.*

*A COPY OF MY WORKING ID AND YOUR ATM CARD GUARANTEE will be forward to you
once we hear from you.*

*Reply back to us accordingly; we wait for your Expedite Response.*

*TRULY YOURS*
*MR. ERIC victor*
*Email..(deliveryagent216@gmail.com <deliveryagent216@gmail.com>) *
*THE OFFICER IN-CHARGE 600 LEXINGTON AVE | New York New York UNITED STATE
OF AMERICA U.S.A.*

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