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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. Louis Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <privatemail041@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:01:16 -0700
Subject: SHIPMENT

I am Mr. Louis Miller, CEO and Administration Service Inspection Unit United Nations Control Agency in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Georgia.

During our investigation, I discovered an abandoned shipment via British diplomat transferred from JF Kennedy The airport to our facility here in Atlanta and it scanned it revealed undisclosed sum of money in 2 weight metal trunk boxes about 110 kg each.

The shipment was abandoned because the Content was not correctly declared by the recipient as monetary, or rather declared as personal Effect / document secret to avoid redirection by shipping Agent or seizure by appropriate authorities. diplomat inability to pay fees for uncontrolled, e.g. the reason why the parcel is delayed and abandoned.

In my estimation, each box contains about $ 4 million or more. They
To this day they remain in the airport warehouse. The Shipments, as I said, are two metal crates weighing approx 110 kg each (internal dimensions: width 61 x height 156 x depth 73(cm)effective)Capacity: 680 l) Approx. Shipment Details including your name and email address on an official United document Nations Office in London, where the item has been marked as personal effects / proprietary document is still available with us. As it stands now you need to re-confirm your full name, phone number, complete address so i can cross check and see if it agrees with that on official documents. Now you can decide if you still need your parcel or allow us to send it back to Great Britain (place of origin)just as we were instructed to do.

As I said before, the freight forwarder abandoned it and escaped. Most importantly, he made a false declaration for which he could not pay a yellow tag, could not secure a valid document (s) of no control etc. I am ready to help you in any way possible so that you can come back with these packages on condition that you give me some of them too (financial gratification). You can come in person or use a secure shipping / vendor company / agent that:will provide the necessary security that is required for delivery Package to your home or to a selected destination. I need all the guarantees I'll get from you before I commit to this project.


Kind regards,

Mr. Louis Miller
General Director
Administrative Services Control Unit

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