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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. Robert S.Mueller III" <robert@strompost.com>
Reply-To: k.willy192@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:23:55 -0400
Subject: Attn: Farrokh Bulsara,



THE IMF HAS APPROVED YOUR ATM CARD FOR DELIVERY (FBI)

Attn: Farrokh Bulsara,

I am Mr. Robert S.Mueller, The FBI Director; After proper investigations, we
discovered that your impending payment that have been withheld by imposters,
claiming to be Professor Charles Soludo (Governor of the Central bank of
Nigeria), Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Frank Nweke, None existing officials of the
Oceanic Bank of Nigeria and Zenith Bank, UK winning Lottery, Andy Lear of Hsbc
bank, Coca-Cola winning lottery and among a list of others is now under our
custody with the help of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
and the Local Police Force.

Investigations revealed that you have spent a lot on your personal
earned money
just to conclude the successful transfer of your funds to your nominated bank
account by obtaining transfer documents as requested by the imposters, costing
you a lot of money but all to no avail.

The FBI had to send some financial crime investigators from our head quarters
in Washington DC to Africa in other to carry out proper investigation, after
receiving series of other reports similar to yours as you are not the only
person awaiting the legal transfer of funds from Africa.

The FBI has giving authority to the International Monetary Funds (IMF) to
assist the Federal Ministry of Finance and all the organization involved;
such as the Central Bank, Zenith Bank, and Legit lottery organizations to
immediately commence with the compensation of all the beneficiaries awaiting
the successful transfer of their funds.

With the help of some of the best Internet investigators attached to the FBI,
we traced your information from the Internet as one of the beneficiaries
awaiting the successful transfer of funds to your nominated account.

I am pleased to inform you that a meeting was held as regards the best way to
carry out with the compensation exercise for transparency and most especially
to avoid reoccurrence of the delay in transferring your funds and the
high cost
of procuring transfer documents and came to a final conclusion as all head of
organizations involved was duly represented.

It was approved to be issued to you as a valid international ATM card cashable
at any ATM machine designation in the world. The ATM account has already being
credited with two million, five hundred thousand United States dollars.
($2.5,000, 000.00USD) , with a daily Limit of withdrawal of Ten
thousand United
States Dollars. ($10,000USD).The ATM card has already being packaged and
approved to be delivered to your door step via express courier
delivery service.

Contact Mr. Kelvin Williams {Our FBI ATM Rep.} at the ATM PAYMENT CENTER and
reconfirm your delivery information as stated below and your security
code with
five digit (12090) number has to be submitted alongside with your delivery
information for security reasons.

DELIVERY INFROMATION:

FULL NAME AND AGE:

DELIVERY ADDRESS:

CELL PHONE NUMBER:

CURRENT OCCUPATION

CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAME: Kelvin Williams

EMAIL: k.willy192@gmail.com

Phone: +234-706-858-3672

HAVE IT IN MIND THAT THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR PACKAGE DELIVERY TO YOUR
DESTINATION HAVE BEEN SETTLED BETWEEN WE AND THE COURIER COMPANY IN CHARGE OF
YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY.SO YOU ARE MANDATED TO PAY FOR THE SECURITY KEEPING FEE
ONLY FOR YOUR ATM CARD TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU.

A RELIABLE AND A TRUSTED COURIER COMPANY HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED TO DELIVER YOUR
PACKAGE TO YOUR DESTINATION,AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT MR KELVIN WILLIAMS HE WILL
UPDATE YOU WITH THE COURIER COMPANY EMAIL CONTACT ADDRESS IN OTHER TO
AVOID ANY
UNDUE DELAY OF YOUR ATM CARD.

NOTE: Under normal circumstances you are suppose to come and collect your ATM
CARD in person and sign some documents as proof of the collection of your ATM
CARD but the IMF and the Finance Ministry insisted that you pay for the
SECURITY KEEPING FEE ONLY of your ATM CARD via western union money transfer,
which will cost you only $150.00 USD to cut down travel expenses in other for
the western union payment receipt and the receipt of payment of $150.00 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. We hope
that is very clear. A receipt to this effect will be sent to you and a copy
kept in your file for future documentation.

We also advise that you stop further communications with these imposters and
forward any correspondence / proposal you receive from them to Mr. Kelvin
Williams in other for the FBI to bring justice to does still at large.

GOD BLESS US.

REGARDS.

Mr. Robert S.Mueller III
FBI DIRECTOR


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