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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: Muhammed Yahaya ali <muhammedyahayaali123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paulspauls185@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 04:49:39 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION

--
-- Good Day, We wish to inform you that our diplomatic agent
conveying your consignment box, valued at the sum of $7.8 million US
dollars, has arrived at Erie International Airport, Pennsylvania,
United States and he is stranded because he lost your delivery address
on transit. he left our country, the Republic of Kenya, 3 days ago.
All you need to do now is to contact the diplomatic agent, Mr. Paul S,
via his private email (paulspauls185@gmail.com) with your information
as listed below for the delivery of your consignment boxes. Your Full
Name___Address__Phone Number___Nearest Airport___ A copy of your valid
ID: The consignment was moved from here as vip delivery, so never
allow him to know the content. Here is the Consignment Box Unlocking
Code (QWGO7654345549GBDHT) on the left hand side. Yours sincerely,
Dr. Paul S

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