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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 (FBI)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kings.bernard@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 16:18:17 +0530
Subject: Recovery Of Your Funds By Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday Office Hours Monday to Saturday: Dear Beneficiary, Due to the complaints received from Foreign beneficiaries of Funds and Investors arising from the delay in receiving their long expected proposed investments funds from their African partners to their nominated Overseas bank account, it has been discovered that majority of these cases has been due to the illegal activities of some top Officials operating in some of the major banking Institutions within and outside of the Sub-Region; and these incessant complaints has raised a lot of concerns to ECOWAS and the Council of Presidents of the Sub-regional body. In order to find an immediate solution to this problem, the Governing Council of ECOWAS has inaugurated a Presidential Special Audit Committee to verify, certify and if need be make final payment to genuine beneficiariesin the amount of $9million dollars. Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 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 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 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), his Excellency President Ambassador James Victor Gbeho 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 Cheque 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 $3,000 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 / manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a bank account. Cheque: 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 dhl. Because we have signed a contract with dhl which should expire in next three weeks you will only need to pay $250 instead of $750 saving you $500 So if you pay before the three weeks you save $500.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 $250.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed. Note: Everything has been taken care of by The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, Custom paper and Clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $250. DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $750 but because UPS have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay for your package fee before delivered for international shipping .We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $750 to $250 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort! To effect the release of your fund,you are advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer Dr.Kings Bernard with the information below, Name:.........Dr.Kings Bernard Phd. Email: .........bernard.kings@yahoo.com.hk You are advised to contact him with the information as stated below: Your full Name.. Your Address:.............. Home/Cell Phone:.............. Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Cheque) Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 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 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping. Yours sincerely, Mrs. Chris Swecker Acting Assistant Executive Director Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Department of Justice 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC, 20535

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