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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: "MR. JAMES ENTWSITLE" <www.@able.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR. JAMES ENTWSITLE" <3398478529@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:12:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


I AM MR. JAMES ENTWSITLE, THE UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR TOTAL $10.500.000.00 PAYMENT FILE.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MANY TIMES THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU? THIS IS THE FINAL MAIL YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM ME AND IT MANDATORY THAT YOU COMPLY TODAY.

WE ARE NOW CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FINDING, RECONCILING AND RELEASING OF ALL DUE PAYMENTS THAT ORIGINATED IN AFRICA (LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE FUNDS) BELONGING TO FOREIGN/LOCAL BENEFICIARIES.

I CAME TO BENIN FROM NEW YORK AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE WORLD BANK CURRENT PRESIDENT - WORLD BANK JIM YONG KIM AND THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM THE FBI AND OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES AGAINST THE BENIN GOVERNMENT ON THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN BENIN.

I HAVE MET WITH THE BENIN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WHO CLAIMED IGNORANT OF THE DELAY IN RELEASING FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES FUNDS IN AFRICA BUT PROMISED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FUND BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS WITHIN THE NEXT 48HRS. DURING OUR RECONCILIATION REVIEW IN AFRICA, ALL UNPAID LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE PAYMENT FILES BELONGING TO YOU AND OTHER FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES WAS TRACED AND APPROVED SUCCESSFULLY.

YOUR TOTAL FUNDS ($10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS) PAYMENT WAS AMONG THE APPROVED BENEFICIARIES AND HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH AN WORLD BANK ATM CARD NUMBER: 4988 2414 7616 3496 THROUGH THE BANK OF ENGLAND NTER-SWITCH COMPUTERIZATION DEPARTMENT IN UNITED KINGDOM .

THE ATM CARD IS NOT A CREDIT CARD, IT IS AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE CARD (ATM CARD) WHICH WORK IN ALL BANKS WITH DULY INTER-SWITCH AND THE FUNDS CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE CARD IF YOU WISH TO. THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WITH THE WORLD BANK GROUPS
AND IMF (INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUND) HAS ADOPTED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE OWNING TO VARIOUS COMPLAINS/PETITIONS RECEIVED FROM BENEFICIARIES DUE TO THE
DELAYS IN RECEIVING THEIR INHERITANCE/WINING FUNDS AS EXPECTED, IT WAS ALSO ADOPTED TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS AS WELL AS FRAUD PERPETRATION.

YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW USD$10,000.00 PER DAY FROM THE ATM CARD ACCOUNT IN ANY ATM MACHINE CENTER OF YOUR CHOICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD OR OPTIONAL AS SOON AS YOU GET THE ATM CARD, YOU CAN DEPOSIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE ATM CARD INTO YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT WITH YOUR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION OR PASSPORT ID.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE COST OF YOUR ATM CARD COURIER FEE AS STIPULATED BY THE AUDITORS, THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR$10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAMMED ATM CARD IS LABELED AS A "NON FRAGMENTED BOND" AND IS PROTECTED BY A HARDCOVER BOND POLICY BY THE AUDITORS WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEDUCT THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR ATM CARD FROM THE APPROVED $10.5M ATM CARD BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU.

FURTHERMORE, THE AUDITORS DECLINED REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT, (NO MORE C.O.D FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS) THAT IF A REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT IS MADE AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THAT WE/YOU CANNOT SUE THE DELIVERY COMPANY TO RECOVER THE FULL VALUE OF THE FUND AS STIPULATED IN THE ATM CARD SINCE PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY WAS NOT MADE AT POINT OF MAILING, SO FOR THIS REASONS, WE HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUDITORS THAT YOU SHALL BE THE ONE TO TAKE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE PAYMENT IS RULED OUT.

YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD WILL ONLY COST YOU THE COST OF DELIVERING YOUR ATM CARD WHICH INVOLVES ONLY $75 (24HRSDELIVERY).

BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ARIK DELIVERY AGENT, IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT; YOU ARE REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY PAY THE DELIVERY COST THROUGH THE ARIK AGENT GIVEN PAYMENT INSTRUCTION BELOW:

DELIVERY COST: $75 (24HRS/OVERNIGHT DELIVERY)

URGENTLY SEND THE ABOVE PAYMENT MONEY GRAM AS DIRECTED BELOW, ALSO FORWARD YOUR CORRECT DELIVERY ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THE ATM CARD TO BE DELIVERED AS THE UNITED NATIONS WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISTAKE IN DELIVERING YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.

I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE IN AFRICA , SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY SEND THE $75 COURIER FEE TODAY SO THAT THE COURIER COMPANY WILL PROCEED ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD BEFORE I LEAVE AFRICA. IF YOUR DELIVERY FEE IS RECEIVED TODAY, YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD WILL LEAVE TO YOUR DESTINATION FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL GET TO YOU WITHIN 24HRS, THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU SEND THE $75 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TOMORROW SINCE IT IS AN OVERNIGHT / 24HRS DELIVERY.

HERE IS THE MONEY GRAM OR I TUNES CARD ONLY PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE $75 COURIER FEE:

RECEIVERS NAME:::::::Pedro masaquiza
ADDRESS COTONOU / BENIN REPUBLIC
QUESTION WIN
ANSWER GOD
AMOUNT: / $75
MTCN; /

AFTER PAYING THE FEE, SEND THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT INFORMATION'S TO ME.

1. SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS
2. MTCN NUMBER
3. TEXT QUESTION & ANSWER
4. SENDER’S PHONE NUMBER

I WAIT FOR THE REFERENCE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION OF THE COURIER FEE AND YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION TO ENABLE YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY PROCEED IMMEDIATELY.

THIS IS THE FINAL MAIL YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM ME AND IT MANDATORY THAT YOU COMPLY TODAY IF YOU WANT THE BEST FOR YOU, NOTE THAT THE REASON WHY YOU NEED TO SEND THE MONEY TODAY IS BECAUSE THE DELIVERY COMPANY HAVE A SHIPMENT TO YOUR COUNTRY TOMORROW AND YOUR CARD WILL BE AMONG OF THEIR DELIVERY LIST TO YOUR COUNTRY ONCE YOU PAY THE $75.00USD TODAY.

I WAIT FOR THE PAYMENT.

SINCERELY YOURS,
MR. JAMES ENTWSITLE
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT.

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