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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. Robert Lewis" <officepost913@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lewismrrobert8@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 09:22:54 -0700
Subject: Greetings To You.

Greetings To You.

I am Mr.Mc Robert Lewis . From U.S. Customs and Border
Protection(CBP). How are you doing today and your health together your
work and family? Hope Fine? First I must apologize for contacting you
if you think my help is not needed. My problem is that I hate to see
people being cheated for no reason. I am a junior staff at the Customs
Service and while going through some of the files in my office, I
discovered that some foreigners are being used and dumped by some of
our Senior Directors Comptroller-General of Customs i, Banks
Executives and the Government officials. Please be informed that your
consignment box worth of $17.5 Million dollars was approved to be
release to you. I have found out that these top officials are using
your money to trade at the International Market buying stocks and
making interest while delaying the diplomatic agent to complete the
delivery to your home address.

These officials use delay tactics to hold on to your funds while they
make money. They will tell you that your ATM Visa Card- check or
Consignment will be delivered today and when that time comes, they
will come up with another excuse why your payment was stopped. Just
last week they presented a woman by name Miss. Julie Sallie who came
to our office with a letter which she claimed you gave her to claim
this money on your behalf. She said that you are dead, that you gave
her the letter authorizing her to claim the money when you became so
sick.

This $17.5 Million dollars is either as a result of lottery,
inheritance or some Holocaust claim which is due to you. In my further
search I found out that some of the Beneficiaries are not even aware
of this payment. They don't even know that such payments exist for
them. I am contacting you secretly believing that you will keep this
as top secret. I want to work with you to move the consignment direct
to your home address within 24hours, the only money you will pay is
the sum of $50.00 for customs clearance. Please one thing I must ask
of you is to keep this secret until i delivery the consignment box to
our door step. If you will not be able to handle the secret part of
this, please let me know and I will never contact you again because
what I want is to see that justice is done and your money will be
delivery to you within 24 hours.

So you are advised to get back to me with your home address and also
the payment $50.00 today for immediate effect of your delivery. Note
that the $50.00 is the only fee and final payment you have my
assurance. Buy iTunes Card or steam wallet Card. Preferably, you can
send me your Mobile Phone number and home address. And as soon as i
arrive in your airport, I will give you a telephone call and instantly
send an email to you from my official I pad Hand Computer which is
always with me while traveling around the world so that you will give
me a direction on how we can meet Face to Face and i will physically
hand over your Consignment Box to you before proceeding back to to my
official duty Post in the States.

As soon as i arrive, I shall call you on your Telephone Number
following an email to you then when you immediately respond, i will
Meet you in person, hand over your Consignment Box to you and all
these will end once and for all now. I have taken this assignment upon
myself because i understand that you have really paid so much on the
cost of these Delivery which i want to stop now, So be advised to
contact me hence immediately you get this email now because, every
thing has been done OK.

Please I will advice you to urgent buy $50.00 iTunes Card or steam
wallet Card to enable my the attorney secure the required clearance
papers required to deliver your funds. try to immediately notify me
with the $50.00 iTunes Card or Google Play Card for the immediate
action on the delivery of your Consignment Box,for you to receive your
Funds without any further delay Again. This is Good opportunity that
you have to receive the consignment box at last for the pass effort
that you are trying to get it receive to your home address this is an
opportunity for you don't miss it, is for you.

Regards and God bless,
Email::: lewismrrobert8@gmail.com
Phone Num:: +1 (815) 449-0422

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