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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: "Robert Swan Mueller III" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adedavis45@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:31:55 +0800
Subject: Call Dr. Peter Simpson For Your Atm Card

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc. 20535-0001
Customers Service Hours/Monday To Saturday
Office Hours Monday To Saturday

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations
who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes
those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud
Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been
transacting with some imposters and fraudsters who have been impersonating
the likes of Prof. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick
Aziza, Anderson, Wallace Fred, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith
Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Smith Williams, Daniel Wilson, Ibrahim Sule,
Dr. Philip Morgan, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some imposters claiming to be
The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet
Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud
Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of
money to these imposters. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop
communication with any one not referred to you by us.

We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment
totaling 6,100,000.00 (six million and one hundred thousand United State
Dollars) will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a
maximum withdrawal limit of 3,000.00 (Three thousand United State Dollars)
per day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the
world were you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).
We have concluded that this should be the only way which you are to
receive your payment because its more guaranteed, since over Fifteen
billion us dollars was lost on fake cheque all this years.

We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected
everything in regards to the release of your 6,100,000.00 (six million and
one hundred thousand United State Dollars) to be 100% risk free and free
from any hitches as its our duty to protect citizens of the United States
of America. (This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make
sure all debts owed to citizens of American which includes Inheritance,
Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared for the betterment of the
current economic status of the nation and its citizens as he has always
believed Our Time for Change has come because Change can happen).

Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to
confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name: Zaidi Mohammed: UPS Tracking Number...1z89249r2210011025 (www.ups.com)

Name: Stephen Medaris: UPS Tracking Number...1z89249r2210011089 (www.ups.com)

Name: Seddek Farhard: UPS Tracking Number...1z89249r2210011098 (www.ups.com)

To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center
via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of
Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf
which will cost you 265 (Two hundred and sixty-five United State Dollars)
only nothing more and no hidden fees as everything else has been taken
cared of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and
clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is 265 only.

Contact Information
Name: Dr. Peter Simpson
Hot-line: +234-1953-5291
Email: visssdadeeeee@yahoo.com.hk

Do contact Dr. Peter Simpson of the ATM Card Center via his contact
details above and furnish him with your details as listed below, he is the
one to receive the 265 (Two hundred and sixty-five United State Dollars)
and have your ATM card ship to you, calling him on his hot-line will be
more faster than email.

Your full Name:
Your full Address (where you will like your ATM CARD to be sent to):
Home/Cell Phone:
Occupation:
Age:

On contacting him with your details your files would be updated and he
will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in
making payment of $265 (Two hundred and sixty-five United State Dollars)
via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of
Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order. After which the
delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address
without any further delay, extra fee or any authority raising eyebrow.

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package
is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we
are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive your ATM
CARD Shippment Confirmation within the next 24hrs after you have made the
payment for shipping.

Once again we are so sure of you receiving your payment at no any other
cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor everything in other to
cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those impostors.

Thanks and hope to read from you soon.


ROBERT SWAN. MUELLER,

DIRECTOR
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
TELEPHONE: (202) 324-3000
FAX: (202) 984-0609

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming
to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in
contact with Dr. Peter Simpson of the ATM card center who is the rightful
person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you
get from impostors to this office via the above fax number so we could act
upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.



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