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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: "Federal Bureau of Investigation" <info@bsnlsis.com>
Reply-To: dr.dimdimka@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:43:40 +0300 (MSK)
Subject: ATTN: Beneficiary Contact Dr. Dimka for your Fund


Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC

Attn: Beneficiary,

Series of meetings have been held over the past months with the secretary
general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is
obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of
$850,000.00 due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the
fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have
taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which
has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the
receipt of your fund.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and
Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the
current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan to
boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other
individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive
their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. Now how
would you like to receive your payment? Because we have two method of
payment which is by Check or by ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you
will use to withdraw up to $5,000 per day from any ATM machine that has
the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time
which is 2015. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your
funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or
manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a
bank account.

Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three
working days.

Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and
would be mailed to you via FedEx. Because we have signed a contract with
FedEx which should expire by 20th December 2011 you will only need to pay
$175 instead of $420 saving you $245 So if you pay before 20th December
2011 you save $245 Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of
money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to
stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact
with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $175.00
nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to
be successfully delivered to you within the next 48hours after the
receipt of payment has been confirmed.


Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government of
Nigeria, The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom
paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $175.

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for
shipping your ATM card/DRAFT is $420 but because FedEx have temporarily
discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is
delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with them for
bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $420 to
$175 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!

To effect the release of your fund valued at $850,000.00 you are advised
to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer DR. DIM DIMKA
with the information below,

Email: dr.dimdimka@yahoo.es
Telephone: +234-702 9122 392
You are advised to contact him with the information?s as stated below:

Your full Name..
Your Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............
Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check)

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package
is sent within 48 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we
are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive
payment/package within the next 48hours after you have made the payment
for shipping.

Yours sincerely,

NICHOLAS STORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (206) 309-0312
FAX: (202) 666-5283

Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices
claiming to be in possession of your Compensation Fund, you are hereby
advice only to be in contact with Dr.Dim Dimka of the ATM CARD/DRAFT
CENTRE who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM
CARD/DRAFT PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this
office so we could act upon and commence investigation.



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