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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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Fraud email example:

From: INTELLIGENCE AGENCY <y.care16@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: internationinter.2@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 03:36:19 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Central Intelligence AgencyOffice of Public Affairs












Central Intelligence
AgencyOffice of Public Affairs Headquarters In Washington, D.C. 
20535J.
Edgar Hoover Building 935
Pennsylvania Avenue,NW Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA Website: https://www.cia.gov/

 
 
Attn:
Beneficiary,
 
We the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) Washington, D.C.  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US
Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to
senior US policy makers. Mission & Values.
 
 I am Dr. Kingman Douglass, the
personal Deputy Directors of Mr.Mikhail Kryzhanovsky Central Intelligence,This
Investigations revealed that you have spent a lot on your personal earned money
obtaining transfer documents as requested by Imposters, costing you a lot of
money, yet all efforts to receive your overdue payment have been to no avail.

 
With the help of some of the best Internet
investigators attached to the (CIA), we have taken out time in screening through
this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and in addition, we sent
special financial crime investigators from Washington DC to Africa in other to
carry out proper investigations after receiving series of reports similar to
yours as you are not the only person awaiting the legal transfer of funds from
Africa.
 
Based on the findings of our special financial crime
investigators, we discovered that your impending payment is being delayed by
Imposters, claiming to be INTERPOL POLICE. Western Union And Money Gram, In our
bid to transparency, I am pleased to inform you that a meeting was held as
regards the best way to affect the compensation exercise for transparency and
most especially to avoid reoccurrence of the delay in payment. In conclusion, we
came to a final resolution as all the Financial Institutions involved was duly
represented. It might interest you to note that MasterCard International have
hence been empowered to assist the Federal Ministry of Finance and all the
financial institutions involved;
 
The first Batch of payment; Two million, five hundred
thousand United States dollars ($2,500,000.00), Credited to MasterCard Account
No. 5148 6547 8940 6544 with serial Numbers: 2419873 and Reg. No. MCIMJ:
5148/4172 was approved to be issued to you as a valid international ATM
MasterCard accepted in more than a million ATM's, over 210 countries around the
World, with a daily withdrawal Limit of Ten thousand United States Dollars.
$10,000.00.
 
The ATM card has already being packaged and approved
to be delivered to your door step via DHL Couriers Services. which is a
Registered and Credible courier company that has clearly proved their Integrity
and first class delivery services in the just concluded First Quarter payment of
the year 2011.
 
Due to my position in service i called the Federal
Ministry of Finance head quarter of Benin and i made a complain to them in
regard to your package and i also told them that i want your package to be
shipped to you as soon as possible. I received an update from Federal Ministry
of Finance today in regard to your package i want you to follow there advice and
instruction so your package can be shipped to you. they made me understand that
the charge fee holding your package is $77 only and once the charge fee is paid
shipment will commence that same day.
 
My advice to you now is to go ahead and send the
$77.00 to them and i will make sure shipment commence once the charge fee is
received by them. Note: MY ADVICE AND INSTRUCTION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS
TRANSACTION TO COME TO AN END QUICK AND YOU NEED TO DO AS I
SAID
 
Make sure you keep me update once you receive your
package and also let me know once you send the charge fee required so i can also
make sure shipment commence that same day. 
 
Central Intelligence
Agency
Office
of Public Affairs Headquarters In Washington, D.C. 
20535J.
Edgar
Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA Website:
https://www.cia.gov/
WEBSITE:
https://www.cia.gov/
WEBSITE:
https://www.cia.gov/
 
SEND THE CHARGE FEE VIA WESTERN
UNION OR MONEY GRAM AND I ASSURE YOU SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE.I WANT YOU TO USE
THE INFORMATION BELOW TO SEND THE REQUIRED CHARGE FEE.I WILL FORWARD THE
CONFIRMATION DETAILS TO THEM AND I WILL MAKE SURE SHIPMENT COMMENCE ONCE DHL
RECEIVED THE CHARGE FEE.
 
 
RECEIVER NAME:NWABUNWANNE SIMEON 

ADDRESS: 29
AIRPORT ROAD
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
ZIPCODE: 229
TEXT QUESTION:
BEST
ANSWER:
GOD
MTCN.....
 
Once payment is made get back to me with the payment
confirmation details required below so shipment can commence. and i will forward
it to DHL so shipment will commence
immediately.
Terrorist WASHINGTON
DCAnti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division Central Intelligence Agency
Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

 

Your urgent action on this notice
will be appreciated.


Sincerely,

 Central Intelligence
Agency.
Mr.Mikhail Kryzhanovsky. The Chief
Director,
Central Intelligence
Agency.

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