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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: US CUSTOMS SERVICES <derrickdeugan046@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chrismagnus16@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 21:55:36 +0100
Subject: Final Notice

CBP Headquarters
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20229
From The Desk of Chris Magnus
Chief of Us Customs & Border protection Patrol

Attention: Beneficiary

I am Mr. Chris Magnus, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Inspection Unit. During our investigation, we discovered an abandoned
shipment through some Diplomat from African countries which includes
(Republic of Benin, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and cote d'ivoire
which was transferred from John F. Kennedy International Airport to our
headhunters here in Washington DC, and when scanned it revealed an
undisclosed sum of money in 2 ATM DEBIT CARD


The ATM DEBIT CARD 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 ATM
DEBIT CARD has been delayed and abandoned.

By my assessment, each of the ATM DEBIT CARD contains $20 Million which
including your name and email on the official document from the United
Nations Office in Africa 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, and 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 ATM DEBIT
CARD or allow us to send it back to Africa (place of origin) as we were
instructed. Kindly reconfirm the following

Full Name:__________
Country:__________
City:__________
Home Address:__________
Occupation:_____
Phone Number:____
Age:______
sex:______
Any:Id


The Agent abandoned it because he gave a false declaration, he could not
pay for the yellow tag. I will be ready to help in delivering your ATM
DEBIT CARD to you with your honest and sincere cooperation with my
office. Your confirmation to the above will be appreciated.

Best Regards,

Mr. Chris Magnus
U.S Customs Commissioner.
Office of Us Customs And Border protection Patrol.

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