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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: Mrs inga briitt ahlenius Mrs inga briitt ahlenius <mrs_inga_briitt@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:05:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOOD DAY SIR :FBI ASSURANCE FOR YOUR FUND DELIVERY WITHOUT DISAPPOINTMENT,CONTACT REV MARK WILLIAMS OF CBN AS INSTRUCTED IMMEDIATELY


From: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dept: Anti-Terrorist & Monetary Crimes Division
Office: Washington, D.C. Headquarters
Address: J. Edgar Hoover Building 93 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Date: 01/03/2012

Attention ESTEEM BENEFICIARY OF US$49.8 MILLION .

Once again and finally this is to bring to your notice that my office has taking over all the money transfer originated from any part of Africa and European countries as contract payment, fund inheritance or lottery winning due to unauthorized/incapability of financial institutions/security companies in releasing such huge sum of money result of fraud,terrorist and money laundry activities going on World Wide.
We have been having series of meetings for the passed 5 months with the   Secretary General to the United Nations, Central Bank of Nigeria and World Bank Officials.
This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the United Nations   who were unable to complete the delivery of some Genuine Foreign Firms and World Bank officials have agreed to compensate them with the sum of Nineteen  Millions Five Hundred United States Dollars (US$49.8 MILLION) to each victim. This includes every Foreign Contractor that may have not received His or Her contract sum and people that have had an unfinished transaction, people who have inheritance to claim or international businesses that failed due to instability of government in some part of Africa etc.
We found your name in our list as one of the beneficiaries and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and has been signed. These also indicate that the DELIVERY ECOLOGICAL  PERMIT (DEP) often referred to as a criminal history record or rap sheet, is a listing of certain information taken from fingerprint submissions retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment, naturalization, or military service.
This condition is valid until 3 days after which the funds shall be confiscated and legal action will be taken against you.
Guarantee: funds will be released upon confirmation of the DELIVERY ECOLOGICAL  PERMIT (DEP)   . Final instruction given below;

1. Credit payment instruction: Irrevocable Credit Guarantee.
2. Beneficiary has full power when validation is cleared.
3. Beneficiaries Bank in can only release funds.
4. upon confirmation from the World Bank / United Nations.
5. Bearers must clear Bank protocol and validation request.
We have confirmed that the only money You will spend is only for the the issuance and obtainable of this  DELIVERY ECOLOGICAL   PERMIT (DEP) which  the fee should be paid directly to the payment office in Nigeria via Western Union Money Transfer.
Below, are the contact details of the payment office in Nigeria who will process your transaction in Central Bank of Nigeria.
Contact Information;

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, ATM PAYMENT DIRECTOR .
Name: REVEREND MARK WILLIAMS , {ATM PAYMENT DIRECTOR}
E-mail: nnamdi_ndic@yahoo.com
DIRECT TELEPHONE :+234-806-7022594 .

Contact  REVEREND MARK WILLIAMS , {ATM PAYMENT DIRECTOR} of the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA , for details regarding the delivery of Your ATM  with the following information below:
Full Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Sex:
Date of Birth:
Direct Email:
Direct Phone Number:
Current Occupation:

Once you have sent the required information to REVEREND MARK WILLIAMS , {ATM PAYMENT DIRECTOR}, be advised to send  the little fee  of only us$100 (One Hundred  United States Dollars Only) along for the procurement of your DELIVERY ECOLOGICAL  PERMIT (DEP)  , to enable Him expedite action on the processing and release of your payment without any further delay.

You are advised to send the only us$100 accordingly with the Receiver's Name:

Name: NDU  HENRY
Address: LAGOS-NIGERIA
Question: BEST
Answer:BEST.
Amount : US$100.

You are also advised to forward the Payment Information with the MTCN accordingly to REV MARK WILLIAM to His email:nnamdi_ndic@yahoo.com and direct telephone number:+234-806-7022594 .  .

You have hereby been Authorized /Guaranteed by the federal bureau of investigation to commence towards completing this transaction, as there shall be no delay once payment for the DELIVERY ECOLOGICAL  PERMIT (DEP) has been made to the authorized agent.

Note: We have requested for the DEP document to make available the most complete and update records possible for the enhancement of public safety, welfare and security of society while recognizing the importance of individual privacy rights. If you fail to provide the document to us, we will charge you with the financial crimes. The United Nations department of justice order 556-73 establishes rules and regulations for the subject of an FBI identification record to
obtain a copy of his or her own record for review. The FBI Criminal Justice Information Service (CJIS) division processes these requests to check illegal activities and once you have completed the little fee for issuance and obtainable of the DELIVERY ECOLOGICAL PERMIT (DEP) to the agent in charge of this transaction, you're advised to keep us posted to enable us follow up with the release of your payment and act fast.

Regards,

FBI Director,ATM Dept / Foreign Remittance / Telegraphic Dept,
JAMES T. BURTON

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