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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: Barr. Cecilia Henry. <point@chirobasic.co.jp>
Reply-To: agent.franciswilliams2023@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:03:45 -0700
Subject: Your ATM Card Delivery Notice!



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My Dear Good Friend,

My name is Barr. Cecilia Henry, I work with Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Uganda where a delivery agent called  Philip Brown came down from your country a week ago with ATM Card (PACKAGE) worth of US$3,500.000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) and he submitted the package to our office on his arrival for safe keeping, later his body was found on a serious automobile accident died, so we decided to send the package back to your country through another Diplomatic Courier Service because there's no other miss to locate you in respect of your compensation fund.

And the only information, we have about you, is your name and your email that the agent wrote somewhere on the document attached to the package, that's why I decided to email you to confirm if you are the rightful owner of the package which contains the ATM Visa Card, so if you are the owner of this email address, kindly contact the agent who just arrived in your country with your package few hours ago for more details.

Meanwhile here the contact information of the delivery agent below.

Name: Mr. Francis Williams (Diplomatic Agent)
Email: ( agent.franciswilliam123@gmail.com )
WhatsApp Number: +256 7439 09543

And don't forget to includes your personal information when contacting the agent to avoid any wrongful delivery.

1) Your Full Name:.............
2) Your Delivery Address:................
3) Your Occupation/Sex/Age:.................
4) Your Mobile Number:....................
5) Your ID Card / Passport:.................

Remember that the only document you are required to obtain is the (CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN & DELIVERY PERMIT) which will cost you a sum of US$380.00 (Three Hundred And Eighty United States Dollars) only before you will receive the package, so kindly contact the agent for the payment instruction because without that, the authority will not allowed the agent to complete the delivery to your address.

I wait for your update once you establish the contact with agent.

Best Regards.
Barr. Cecilia Henry.
Foreign Affairs Minister.

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