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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: "PATRICIA MAHONEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office4444oo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:11:29 -0800
Subject: Waiting For Your Reply

US AMBASSY OFFICE
MARINA AVENUE,01 BP 2012,
COTONOU, BENIN
 
DEAR BENEFICIARY
 
FROM UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN
 
BE INFORMED THAT I HAVE USED MY OFFICE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF YOUR
UNCLAIMED PAYMENT SUM OF $15.3 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS WITH THE
BENIN REPUBLIC PRESIDENCY WHICH WAS ORIGINATED FROM A
CONTRACTS,INHERITANCE AND COMPENSATION PAYMENT.NOW, THE U.S EMBASSY
HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC HAS MANDATED A DELIVERY COMPANY THAT WILL BE
DELIVERING YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU IN CASH AND THE CASH PAYMENT METHOD
WILL COME TO YOU IN FORM OF A CONSIGNMENT WHICH WILL BE PACKAGED AND
SEALED IN YOUR FAVOR AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE DELIVERY COMPANY
HAS IMMUNITY TO DELIVER WITHOUT ANY OBSTACLE. YOU SHOULD SEND YOUR
CELL PHONE NUMBER AND FULL ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THE DELIVERY COMPANY
TO DELIVER YOUR FUND/CONSIGNMENT PACKAGE TO. I UNDERSTAND THAT SO MANY
UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND OTHER COUNTRY'S CITIZENS HAS FACED A LOT OF
CHALLENGES JUST TO CLAIM THESE SAME FUND BUT THERE WAS NO LUCK THAT
WAS WHY I HAD TO INTERVENE ON THIS ISSUE AND I MUST SAY THAT YOU ARE A
VERY LUCKY PERSON BECAUSE ONE OF OUR AGENT WILL ACCOMPANY THE DELIVERY
COMPANY ALONGS
 
TO SECURE THE DELIVERY FULLY IN YOUR FAVOR AT THE BENIN REPUBLIC
AIRPORT OF DISPATCH,YOUR PACKAGE MUST UNDERGO REGISTRATION AS AN
AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE IN YOUR NAME FOR THE DELIVERY COMPANY AND OUR
AGENT TO BE ABLE TO DEFEAT ALL ODDS DURING THE DELIVERY PROCESS AND
THE COST OF REGISTERING YOUR FUND/CONSIGNMENT IS US$355 ONLY WHICH IS
PAYABLE TO THE DELIVERY COMPANY BEFORE SHIPMENT WILL BE MADE. THESE
FEE MUST BE PAID WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS TO THE DELIVERY COMPANY SO
THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE BEFORE TIME WILL BE
AGAINST US. KINDLY CONTACT THE DELIVERY COMPANY WITH BELOW
INFORMATION.
 
BELOW ARE THE CONTACT DETAILS OF DELIVERY COMPANY.
 
COMPANY NAME: UNITED NATION AIR CARGO DELIVERY COMPANY
 
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: unitednation@unaircargocourier.com
 
CONTACT MANAGER ; MR.JAMES ATTA
 
TREAT AS URGENT,
YOURS IN SERVICE
Ambassador PATRICIA MAHONEY
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO BENIN REPUBLIC
 
REPLY TO (office4444oo@gmail.com)

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