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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: ssssss xxxxxxxxxx <ssssss.xxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: ssssss xxxxxxxxxx <depolmet.clark_morgan@barid.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:41:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATTN: ATM CARD PAYMENT BENEFICIARY, FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION.


 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

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 YOUR DEPOMATICI AGENT MR. MORGAN CLARK ON HIS DELIVERY TO YOUR ADDRESS WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX WITH VALUED THE SUM OF $3.5 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS MISPLACED YOUR ADDRESS AND CURRENTLY HERE WITH US AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS THE MEETING HOLD WITH NTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA/ 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 AS YOU ARE TO RECEIVEING FROM DELIVERY COMPANY DEPENDING ON YOUR CHOICE.

HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ONLY TWO WORKING DAYS TO SEND THIS REQUIRED YELLOW TAG FEE OF $255USD TO YOUR AGENT MR. MORGAN CLARK BECAUSE YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE DISPATCH 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 NIGERIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT TO CANCEL YOUR DELIVERY 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 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 OFFICER THAT WILL CARRY OUT THE DISPATCH OF YOUR DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGED. YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO CONTACT MR. MORGAN CLARK IMMEDIATELY AS HE HIS IN THE /FOREIGN OPERATION DEPT AND WAITING FOR YOUTO SEND HIS PAYMENT OF $255.00 ONLY FOR THE YELLOW TAG.

CONTACT PERSON: MR. MORGAN CLARK.
FROM UPS COURIER EXPRESS
EMAIL ADDRESS: (depolmet.clark_morgan@barid.com)
DIRECT TELL +229-98-914-098

YOU'RE ADVISED TO CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY SO AS TO ENABLE HIM FACILITATE A SPEEDY PROCESSING AND HAVE YOUR PACKAGE RELEASE ANDR DELIVERY SINCE IS THE ONLY $255.00 USD THAT IS DELAYING YOUR DELIVERY. CONTACT HIM WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS BELOW:

1.FULL NAME:......................
2.DELIVERY ADDRESS:......................
3.PHONE:......................
4.FAX NUMBER:......................
5.A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY:......................
6.AGE:......................
7.MARITAL STATUS:......................
8.COUNTRY:......................
9.CITY:......................
10.OCCUPATION:......................

NOTE: YOU'RE ADVISED TO FURNISH YOUR INFORMATION TO INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR MR. MORGAN CLARK WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID DETAILS TO ENABLE HIM EXPEDITE SPEEDY ACTION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DELIVERY. WE EXPECT YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US MONITOR THIS DELIVERY AND THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE 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 PACKAGE BECAUSE YOUR PACKAGE FILE HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVED TO IMF OFFICE FOR PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION.

BEST REGARDS
Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA

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