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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: "U.S Custom" <loaks265@gmail.com>
Reply-To: luiseharry@aol.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2022 05:13:05 +0800
Subject: Very Urgent!!

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Attention: The Recipient.
Dear Sir/Madam,

ARRIVAL NOTICE FOR A CLASSIFIED PACKAGE IN YOUR NAME.

We are U.S. Customs and Border Protection – CBP. As you are aware, CBP
is the largest law enforcement agency within the Department of
Homeland Security. We are responsible for securing America’s borders
and ports of entry against threats and also to prevent fraud and
smuggling while facilitating the flow of lawful people and goods
entering and departing the United States as outlined in the CBP Tariff
Act.

Pursuant to the above, we wish to inform you that a classified package
has arrived in your name here at the International Arrivals Building
(IAB) in the Main Terminal of Washington Dulles International Airport.
Accordingly, the package have been inspected and we discovered that
the package contains Payment Approval Documents and ATM CARD for
$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars only) issued in your favor by the United Nations/International
monetary fund (IMF) Compensation Commission (UNCC) as compensation
awarded to you for losses and damage suffered as a direct result of
scam.Get back for more details, Upon receiving the above information,
you will be instructed further. We await your urgent reply while
working to serve you better.

Luise Harry.

Intelligence and Investigative Liaison
U. S. Customs and Border Protection.

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