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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: Diplomat Joe Collins <lawrencejay44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joecollinsdip@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 08:49:28 +0100
Subject: My successful arrival at country airport With your two boxes of
consignment worth $15.5 Million United State Dollar

Attn: Beneficiary,

My Name is Diplomat Joe Collins. I have been trying to reach you on
your House delivery address and your telephone about an hour now just
to inform you about My successful arrival in your country Airport In 2
trunk boxes of consignment worth $15.5 Million United State Dollars
which I have been instructed by the United Nation to be delivered to you.

The Airport authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to
prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud
money, I have presented the papers I handed to them and they are very
much pleased with the paper’s Please try and reach me with my email
address joecollinsdip@gmail.com

I cannot afford to spend more time here due to other deliveries I have
to take care of in New Mexico, Florida, South Carolina, Kansas,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington. I want you to know
that you have 24 hours to email me joecollinsdip@gmail.com
as you may know I do not want the security company
where this Consignment is lodged to start raising an eyebrow because
of the length of time it has stayed.

However, before the delivery is affected, we need you to reconfirm the
following information so that the funds will not be delivered to
someone else. After verification of the information with what I have
on file, I shall contact you so that we can make arrangements on the
exact time I will be bringing your package to your residential
address.

Reconfirm the address to me immediately.

Diplomat Joe Collins

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