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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: "F.B.I WASHINGTON D.C" <lindawilliams61111@9.cn>
Reply-To: fbidc18@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:39:53 +0530 (IST)
Subject: (FBI) PAYMENT MEMO TO PAYMENT BENEFICIARIES.







FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
J. Edgar Hoover
Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
20535-0001

ATTN: ATM CARD PAYMENT BENEFICIARY,

(FBI) PAYMENT MEMO
TO PAYMENT BENEFICIARIES.

GOOD NEWS FOR YOU FROM THE FBI UNITED STATES.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF 
BENIN OVER YOUR LONG OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT AND WE AGREED WITH THEM THAT YOUR
FUND SHOULD NOT COST YOU ANYTHING BECAUSE IS YOUR MONEY, WHICH WE FINALLY
REACHED AN AGREEMENT YESTERDAY THAT ALL THE PAYMENT WILL BE PAID VIA ATM SMART
CARD WHICH IS THE SIMPLEST WAY TO TRANSFER HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO AVOID COST OF
TRANSFER AND OTHER STATUTORY DOCUMENTS, WHICH WE STRETCHED TO HAVE A STRONG
AGREEMENT OVER THE PAYMENT THAT WILL COST YOU ONLY $99.00 USD FOR DELIVERY OF
YOUR ATM SMART CARD VIA UPS OR FEDEX DELIVERY COMPANY DEPENDING ON YOUR
CHOICE.

HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ONLY TWO WORKING DAYS TO SEND THIS REQUIRED
DELIVERY FEE OF USD82 TO FEDEX OR UPS COURIER COMPANY FOR DELIVERING OF YOUR
CARD BECAUSE YOUR CARD WILL BE DISPATCH TO THEM IMMEDIATELY. AND IF WE DON’T
HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATION; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WILL NOT HESITATE BY GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BENIN AND THE
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT TO CANCEL YOUR PAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY
APPROVED AND PROGRAMMED IN AN ATM SMART CARD.

I WANT YOU TO READ BELOW
CAREFULLY, THE NOTICE BELOW STAND AS CAUTION BEFORE IT IS LATE. FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION, YOU MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS PROJECT, AS I WILL SOON CONCLUDE
THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU, LET THIS STAND AS A WARNING BEFORE YOU INCASE YOU
RECEIVED ANY E-MAILS OR CALLS REGARDING TO THIS FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL, OFFICE,
ORGANIZATION AND BANKS CLAIMING TO BE ME.

BE INFORMED THAT YOU MAY ALSO
RECEIVE SEVERAL E-MAILS AND TELEPHONE CALLS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION, SUCH MUST BE
FORWARDED TO US IMMEDIATELY FOR VERIFICATION.IT MIGHT COME TO YOU WITH DIFFERENT
PROPOSALS WITH DIFFERENT NAMES INCLUDING MY NAME ASKING YOU TO COME AND PUT
CLAIM ON YOUR ESTATE OR EVEN FUNDS BELONGING TO YOU OR TO SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT
KNOW, I URGE YOU TO IGNORE SUCH E-MAILS OR CALLS, WHILE YOU FORWARD IT TO US. I
WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS YOUR
UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION. WHILE RESPONDING TO THE ATM CARD PAYMENT OFFICER
YOU MUST CONFIRM THIS CODE (18062010) FOR IDENTIFICATION.

HOWEVER, BE
INFORMED THAT THE PART PAYMENT, WHICH IS 3,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS HAS
BEEN LOADED IN YOUR ATM SMART CARD AND YOUR FUND WHICH IS IN TUNE OF
10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS WILL COME IN BATCHES OF 3,000.000.00 MILLION
U.S. DOLLARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST BATCH OF YOUR PART PAYMENT.YOUR PAYMENT WOULD
BE SENT TO YOU VIA UPS OR FEDEX, BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM
WHICH SHOULD EXPIRED BY JUNE 15TH. BELOW ARE FEW LIST OF TRACKING NUMBERS YOU
CAN TRACK FROM UPS WEBSITE(WWW.UPS.COM) TO CONFIRM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE
RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT SUCCESSFULLY.

JOHNNY ALMANTE
==============1Z2X59394198080570
GARY METZGER
==============1Z2X59394195952759
GLEN PAPANIKAS
==============1Z2X59394198690947
CAROL R BUCZYNSKI
==============1Z2X59394197862530
KARIMA EMELIA TAYLOR
==============1Z2X59394198591527
LISA LAIRD
==============1Z2X59394196641913
POLLY SHAYKIN
==============1Z2X59394198817702

MOREOVER, THIS IS ANOTHER PEOPLE THAT
RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT THROUGH FEDEX WEBSITE (WWW.FEDEX.COM).

RICHARD
AUTRY ============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ==============
871363130860
MARK STUBBS =============‡1363116168

HOWEVER,BE ADVISED
BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATION/INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOUR COMPLETE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
OVER-DUE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR CONTACT TO THE NEWLY
APPOINTED PAYMENT OFFICER THAT WILL CARRY OUT THE DISPATCH OF YOUR ATM SMART
CARD TO UPS COURIER COMPANY WITH THE PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGED. YOU
ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO CONTACT REV. GILBERT SMITH IMMEDIATELY AS STATED BELOW
AS THE APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF ATM SMART CARD/FOREIGN OPERATION DEPT AND ASK HIM
ON HOW AND WHERE TO SEND THE PAYMENT OF $99.00 ONLY TO FEDEX OF UPS COURIER
COMPANY.

CONTACT PERSON: REV.JAMES LONG
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: unitedstateparcel_2expressbenin@w.cn

PRIVATE DIRECT TELL +229-98123964

YOU’RE ADVISED TO
CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY SO AS TO ENABLE HIM FACILITATE A SPEEDY PROCESSING AND
RELEASE OF YOUR DELIVERY SINCE IS THE ONLY $99.00 USD THAT IS KEEPING YOUR ATM
SMART CARD. CONTACT HIM WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS BELOW:

1. YOUR
FULL NAME……………………….
2. CONTACT ADDRESS ………………………
3. YOUR
AGE……………………………………..
4.OCCUPATION……………………………………
5. PHONES AND FAX
NUMBER………………

NOTE: YOU’RE ADVISED TO FURNISH YOUR INFORMATION TO
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR REV JAMES LONG WITH YOUR CORRECT
AND VALID DETAILS TO ENABLE HIM EXPEDITE SPEEDY ACTION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR
PAYMENT. WE EXPECT YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US MONITOR THIS
PAYMENT AND THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM SMART CARD EFFECTIVELY THEREBY MAKING
CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT AS DIRECTED TO AVOID
FURTHER DELAY.

YOU’RE ALSO EXPECTED TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE AND DIRECTIVES
TO AVOID DELAY IN RELEASING YOUR PAYMENT BECAUSE YOUR PAYMENT FILE HAS ALREADY
BEEN MOVED TO IMF OFFICE FOR PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION.
 
HERE IS THE INFORMATION WHERE TO SEND THE MONEY.


RECOVERS; NAME: MR. CHINEDU
SUCCESS
CITY   COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
TEXT QUESTION: WHAT FOR?
TEXT ANSWER: GOOD
AMOUNT: $99,00 
MTCN.?
SENDER NAME?

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOURS IN SERVICE,
ROBERT S.
MUELLER,
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20535
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Note:
Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in
possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with
Rev.Dr.James Long who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your
payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could
act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber
crime.


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