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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: "James Bullock" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesbullock1985@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 17:56:08 +0100
Subject: YOUR LONG AWAITED FUNDS READY FOR RELEASE


THIS EMAIL IS SENT TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR $4.5 MILLION UNITED STATE

DOLLARS UNCLAIMED FUND WHICH HAS BEEN LYING IN THE BANK FOR THE PAST

YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THE CONCERN AUTHORITY TO HAVE YOUR

FUND RELEASE PROCESS COMPLETED OTHERWISE THE FUND WILL BE DECLARED

UNSERVICEALBE THAT IS WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO KNOW THE

REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T LAID CLAIM TO YOUR FUND. WE HAVE SENT COUPLES

OF EMAILS TO YOU WITHOUT GETTING ANY REPLY FROM YOU. OUR BANK IS READY

AND WILLING TO RELEASE YOUR FUND IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE WORLD BANK,

THE UNITED NATION(UN) INCLUDING THE UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT HAVE

SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A MANDATE TO ALL AFRICAN BANKS TO BOOST THIS

EXERCISE OF CLEARING ALL FOREIGN DEBTS OWED TO FOREIGNERS AND OTHER

INDIVIDUALS.

YOU SHOULD ADVISE US ON HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. WE HAVE

ABOUT TWO (2) METHODS OF PAYMENT WHICH ARE BY.

1. DIRECT BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER. (You shall be requested to

forward your current bank account co-ordinates to receive your funds).

2. ISSUING YOU AN ATM CARD. (We will be issuing you a custom pin based

ATM card which you shall use to withdraw your fund in any ATM machine

in your country but the maximum to withdraw is One Hundred and Fifty

Thousand United State Dollars per day).

TO START PROCESSING THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND, YOU ARE ADVISED TO

CHOOSE ONE PAYMENT METHOD OUT OF THE TWO ABOVE LISTED OPTIONS.

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICE TO KEEP/TREAT THIS MASSAGE VERY CONFIDENTIAL AND

ALSO CEASE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANYBODY REGARDING THIS

TRANSACTION TO AVOID COMPLICATION.


YOURS SINCERELY
JAMES BULLOCK
MOBILE NUMBER : +229 688 67 261
PLEASE CALL FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT

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