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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 B COMEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revgeorgevenizelous@consultant.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 07:14:59 -0500
Subject: Payment Approval. (Ref.No: 15011)

Attention;
 
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, it is because of the restrictions imposed by your
 
Mail/Internet Service Provider, we urge you to treat it genuinely.
 
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this email came to you. In regards to
 
the recent meeting between the United Nations, Cyber Crimes Commission (CCc), Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) and the
 
United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of Nations based on the Agreement with the World Bank
 
Assistance Project to help and make the world a better place. We have been having meetings for the past 3 months with the
 
Secretary General of the United Nations.
 
This email come to those who are yet to receive their compensation/inheritance/winnings and who have been scammed in any
 
part of the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that
 
have had an unfinished transaction or Compensation payments that failed due to Government problems etc. Recently we the
 
Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) arrested internet fraudsters and Scammer with large amount of money so if you are
 
receiving this email its means you where select to be compensated as a scam victim among 100 selected victims with part of
 
the money recover from the internet fraudsters account, . The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate you with the sum of
 
$850,000.00 USD (Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars).
 
100 people where selected across the Globe for this MIDDLE OF THE YEAR COMPENSATION and Your name and email was in the list
 
submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been
 
signed, so you are advised to contact Rev George Venizelous of the United Nations Compensation Commission, as he is our
 
representative in United State Of America. Contact him immediately for your Compensation payment of $850,000.00 USD (Eight
 
Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars) which will be released directly to you in accordance with legal clearance
 
and procedures.
 
It is my pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 5571342020375603 have been approved in your favor. Your Personal
 
Identification Number is 6062. The ATM Card Value is $850,000.00 USD (Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand United States
 
Dollars) You are advised that a most withdrawal value of $15,000.00 USD is permitted on withdrawal per Day and we are duly
 
Inter Switch and you can make withdrawal in any Inter Switch site and ATM Center of your choice.
 
However, you should send him your
Full Name/
Telephone Number/
your Residential Address/
Gender:
Occupation:
New email address for this safety of this transaction
 
Contact Rev George Venizelous immediately for your compensation payment:
 
Rev George Venizelous
Director- General,
ATM Card Payment
New York Field Office
Phone Number: +1 (612) 276-6748
 
Email: revgeorgevenizelous@consultant.com
 
Info: https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/our-leadership/image/george-venizelos-assistant-director-in-charge-new-york-field-
 
office/view
 
He is obliged to give you a call and treat your case with utmost urgency as soon as you contact him and fill out your
 
correct details including all reachable phone numbers for him to get in touch with you via phone and email.
 
NOTE: Under normal circumstances the collection of your ATM CARD the IMF and the Finance Ministry insisted that you pay for
 
the DELIVERY FEE ONLY of your ATM CARD via western union money transfer, which will cost you just $300 USD only, the
 
western union payment receipt of $300 USD to the nominated courier company that will carry out with the delivery to your
 
door step to be documented in your file as proof your collection. Ask Rev George Venizelous for the instruction on how to
 
send the delivery fee of $300 to him, Please note that the delivery fee can not be deducted from your ATM CARD due to the
 
fact that no one has the authority to unlucky and use your ATM CARD on your behalf because you alone will be the one to
 
first use the card for the first withdrawal with your secret code.
 
We also advise that you stop further communications with these importers and forward any correspondence / proposal you
 
receive from them to Rev George Venizelous in other for the FBI to bring justice to them.
 
Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place!
 
GOD BLESS US.
REGARDS.
Mr.James B. Comey, Jr.
THE NEW FBI DIRECTOR
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/june/president-nominates-new-fbi-director

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