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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 Malpass <victorkikachukwuonyemaechi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: malpassd@internet.ru
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 09:01:33 -0700
Subject: Application Guarantee,

From Mr. Greg Richardson

Head Officer-in-Charge

Administrative Service Inspection Unit



Application Guarantee,



Firstly I apologize for encroaching into your privacy in this manner

as it may seem unethical though it is a matter of great importance.



I am Mr. Greg Richardson CFO, Head Officer-in-Charge, Administrative Service

Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency in Hartsfield-Jackson

International Airport Atlanta, Georgia. During our investigation, I

discovered an abandoned shipment through a Diplomat from United

Kingdom which was transferred from JF Kennedy Airport to our facility

here in Atlanta, and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of

money in 2 Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 110kg each.



The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly

declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal

effect/classified document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping

Agent or confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomat's

inability to pay for Non Inspection fees among other things are the

reason why the consignment is delayed and abandoned.



By my assessment, each of the boxes contains about $4M or more. They

are still left in the airport storage facility till today. The

Consignments like I said are two metal trunk boxes weighing about 65kg

each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity:

680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment including your

name and email on the official document from United Nations' office in

London where the shipment was tagged as personal effects/classified

document is still available with us. As it stands now, you have to

reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, full address so I can

cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official

documents. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the

consignment or allow us repatriate it back to UK (place of origin) as

we were instructed.



As I did say again, the shipper abandoned it and ran away most

importantly because he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for

the yellow tag, he could not secure a valid non inspection

document(s), etc. I am ready to assist you in any way I can for you to

get back this packages provided you will also give me something out of

it (financial gratification). You can either come in person, or you

engage the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that

will provide the necessary security that is required to deliver the

package to your doorstep or the destination of your choice. I need all

the guarantee that I can get from you before I can get involved in

this project.



Best Regards,



David Wilson

Head Officer-in-Charge

Administrative Service Inspection Unit.

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