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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: "Mr. Francis from" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <francisgodtime744@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 05:27:28 -0800
Subject: Note: that you are required to pay the Shipment/Security Keeping Fee which will cost you the sum of US$380.00.

Hello I am Mr. Francis from FedEx delivery company Belgium,A Package that contains fund was deposited in our company over 9months by Mr martin been the Minister Of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration here in Belgium, A delivery agent called Mr. Richard Louis from CDC(Courier Delivery Company)with the package that contains fund US$16,500.000.00 (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) and he submitted the package to Mr martin's office on his arrival for safekeeping and later his body was found dead in a ghastly auto crash in the city. Therefore Mr Martin,who is the Minister Of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration here in Belgium sent the package to our company FedEx to help and locate the owner via diplomatic services because there is no other way to locate the owner in regards to the package.

Furthermore, reconfirm the information if you are the rightful owner of the fund because, the information we have about the owner is the name & email address etc that the agent wrote somewhere in the document attached to the package and that's why we decided to contact you in respect of this to know if you are the rightful owner of the fund


Email: (francisgodtime744@gmail.com) and WhatsApp me, get back to me in the email above and chat With me on WhatsApp with this (+32 460 245 356)


N/B, If you're the right person,send a Copy of any of your governmental ID,such as international passport or driver's license etc to confirm that you are the right person.

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