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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. George Willis" <ba849367@gmail.com>
Reply-To: upsservice5933@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:22:27 +0100
Subject: WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE UPS

WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE UPS

Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Founded: August 28, 1907, Seattle, Washington, United States
CEO: David P.Abney
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 more The UPS Store

This message is coming to you from the UPS Office in the address=
(9838 Old Bay meadows Rd Jacksonville ) and we here by today dated
18/04/2022 to inform you that there is an certified ATM CARD from UBA
Bank registered to our officer here this morning from one Mr.Ronald
Marcum from Africa and according to him 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 $11,000.000.00 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 with your
delivery information such as

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

Meanwhile ups also want to use this opportunity to let you know that
according to our service terms and procedure; being that this is
government registered Check, UPS are only charging you sum of $50
which is for shipment/delivery fee and your ATM CARD will be mail to
you successful the sooner we confirmed our shipping charge so you are
here by advise to send the shipping charge along with your mailing
address to our cashier information bellow AMOUNT:$50

Thanks for being in serve with us and we promise to serve you better
as good citizen.
Mr.George Willis Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Attachments area Phone Number +1 (253) 544-7088
Email: upsservice5933@gmail.com

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