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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: REGINALD EDWARD <barr_edwardreginald@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:36:13 +0000
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UNITED NATIONS (FBI/IMF ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS,
UNITED-NATIONS INCONJUNCTION WITH THE (/IMF)
RE-UNION ASSISTED RECONCILIATION PROGRAMME DIRECTORATE
OF INTERNATIONAL CASH PAYMENT DELIVERY WITH IMMUNITY
CLEARANCE ON ALL YET UN-PAID FOREIGN OWED PAYMENT UNITS,
Our Ref: UN//IMF/UK-NG/APPROVED-PLAN/JAN-10.
8 Tor View Rawtenstall, Lancashire
England BB4 6, United Kingdom.
DIRECT CONFIDENTIAL TEL NO: +44-79-2457-0696(CALL ME ANY TIME MON-SUN 24HRS)
FAX: +44-84-4774-4706
Fax: +44-84-4774-3922.

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT.RECONFIRM YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS AND PHONE/ MOBILE PHONE NUMBER

ATTN: John D. Ferry%2C Jr."

I apologize for the delay in my response to your email to me. I have been very busy getting all the legal documentation ready concerning this consignment boxes, I
received your mail as sent with written note in regards to my requested 10% ,I want you to reconfirm your current address and PHONE/ MOBILE PHONE NUMBER send to me
Where your consignment will be delivered to. I want to inform you that I have start all arrangement and documentation process on your behalf. And I want you to call me
on my Confidential direct phone number: +44-79-2457-0696 immediately after reading this message for more discussion and clarifications

This morning , I have manage to pay the Traveling Agency for the Flight Ticket which the assigned Diplomat that will be coming along with the consignment boxes Of which you were supposed to be the one that should have paid for the diplomat Flight Ticket as the rightful beneficiary and legit owner of the payment/consignment Boxes to which I have done already with my own hard earn labored money based on our mutual brotherly agreement reached in this transaction which I stated clearly that i will be the only one to take care of whatever expenses or cost here in London to get every process actualized genuinely which I’ve done as promised in my open Proposal secretly offered you before you agreed.

Although I never knew I would have spent up to the amount I just spent so far in this transaction for the legal normalization and legit procurement of all the needed
Documentations that has to be in your name and billing address which I will do as well when I received your current address, I almost run out of cash due to my low
income as a worker with the United Nation here in LONDON, by right I don’t need to complain over such but since I truly don’t have much on me after paying so much
Money today for the legal procurement of the documents in your favor I decide not to even bother you to assist me in completing the balance of the remaining documents
Needed charges, since I had some money left with me I decided to pay-off the whole requested charges for getting the documents perfected?

As its stand now, all we need to do is to give God thy glory and thank him for giving me the grace to succeed finally with all my arrangement. To this effect, bear it
in mind that, your consignment boxes shall leave the shores of London here in England here on WEDNESDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2011 to arrive USA on THURSDAY morning 3ND FEBRUARY 2011. Also be informed that this very yet unclaimed payment of yours as been schedule already by the management of this organization with the service support of my endless Effort both financially and otherwise just to ensure that your own consignment boxes leaves on that very day been WEDNESDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2011 , so the consignment is coming To you through the service of an Agent named DR.KEVIN HENDERSON " who will directly come to your address after settling with the point of entry customs agents Concerning the non-inspection of your consignment boxes he is to deliver to your life upon the signatory of the delivery documents he will present to you to sign-off as the person who receives the consignment, because he is coming with all the original proof of ownership clearance documents in your names and billing address on top Of the documents each.

Bellow is the banking information where you will transfer my requested 10% been $750,000.00, immediately you receive the consignment boxes which the delivery agent is
Coming along with to your Current address you will send to me and your money is already sealed secretly inside your consignment boxes but the most important thing now
That you need to know very importantly, and PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE ASIGNED DIPLOMAT BEEN THE AGENT TO KNOW THE (TRUE) CONTENT OR DISCLOSE THE FUNDS INSIDE YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOXES TO HIM OR TO THE CUSTOM IN YOUR COUNTRY AIRPORT CHECKING POINT BECAUSE IF THEY SHOULD KNOW IT MAY LEED TO UN-NECCESSARY DELAY OR DIFFICULT QUESTION
WHICH YOU MAY NOT LIKE.

Also, you should know that I'm putting all my trust in you presently and I will not stand any chances of disappointment from you as long as we remain partners and
Cross our fingers across in this mutual benefit transaction. Provide me again with your direct mobile telephone numbers & address correctly because he can only contact You on your numbers immediately he arrives the HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ATLANTA GA in your country for onward directives and how to locate your address for delivery.

BANK NAME: ABBEY BANK
BANK ADDRESS: 91 -93 HIGH ST HARLESDEN LONDON UK
ACCT NO: 42515697
SORT CODE: 09-06-66
BICNO: ABBYGB2LXXX:
IBAN NO: GB71 ABBY 09066642515697
BENEFICIARY: DAN KEV SERVICES LTD


Information reaching us is that there will be a mandatory little (Airport Custom Non-negotiatable Clearance Duty Charges in your country U.S.A) meant for the non-
Inspection of your consignment box’s and the required fee must be paid by the receiver\owner of the consignment to the custom officer's that will be on duty on the day
our assigned diplomatic delivery agent who will be coming along with your consignment boxes once he arrive your country through the HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ATLANTA GA USA . To enable the assigned diplomat have his way out from the US customs Department in charge at the POINT-OF-ENTRY and the required fee Will be needed to pay before our assigned diplomat will be allowed in at the custom point of entry.

So you are advice to get some cash available with you before the delivery diplomat arrives USA, if you can do this without delaying by sending the fees or travel to
HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ATLANTA GA USA to meet him with the clearing amount that will be required from you, then have it in mind that it will further pave way for the delivery Diplomat from every embarrassment by the custom officer's that will be on duty in the airport or attract un-necessary question and also prevent your consignment boxes from been inspected by the custom which I do not want such to happen to your consignment due to the physical cash that's inside the consignment boxes, but if you're Able to assist the diplomat by the time he successful gets to your country, then consider everything done and fine because your Consignment has a YELLOW IMMUNITY TAG stamped on it already, so all you need to do now is for you to take care of the little fee that will be needed for this service by you assisting the diplomat concerning the (Airport Custom Non-negotiatable Clearance Duty Charges) you will be required to pay to the custom agents working in your country airport.

Though, I don’t know the exactly amount or how much it will officially cost you to pay for the (Airport Custom Non- negotiatable Clearance Duty Charges), but you have
to make some funds available in your pocket starting from this moment for this purpose no matter how small the amount you have may be.
Because as soon as the Agent arrives on THURSDAY morning 3ND FEBRUARY 2011 in United States, the US custom consignment clearance department will surely value the kilo of The consignment boxes and once that's done, the customs agent will inform the delivery diplomat immediately of the amount he will need to pay right there to the United States customs clearance dept upon his confirmation of the charges that will be required from him by the US custom to pay before the non-inspection clearance order can Be granted to the diplomat so that your consignment will not be open/inspect in other for the US custom not to see or know the true content inside your sealed Consignment boxes.

So you are hereby be advise to always stay by your telephone once the diplomat leaves London as schedule to enable him call you on phone once the cost has been made
Known to him to enable you send him the requested Airport Custom Non-negotiatable Clearance Duty Charges across to him right there in the US airport to enable him pay
Them the fee. Please you have to acknowledge the receipt of this mail immediately because we don’t have much time to delay on this matter anymore since all arrangement has been finalize and I have to hear from you before his departure because the Diplomat does not know the true content of what he his bring to you.

Therefore, I will not want him to delay at the US Airport checking point for any reason which may lead to the full inspection of the Boxes by the USA Custom Agents, so
once he calls you on your number try and ensure you give him the little assistance he may need from you the moment he gets to your country.. Also, provide me again
with your direct mobile telephone numbers & address correctly because he can only contact you on your numbers immediately he arrives the air-port in your country for
Onward directives and how to locate your address for delivery.

Please, I need an urgent reply upon receipt of this highly important message while because the boxes are already schedule to leave this WEDNESDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2011 as soon As I hear from you on my private number: +44-79-2457-0696. You should call me also immediately you receive this message through my confidential number above so that I will send you a copy of the diplomat id for you to know him,

Thank you greatly for your matured business understanding in this matter.



Highly Submitted,

Respectfully Yours in-service,
Barrister REGINALD EDWARD,
(UN) Human Right Activist
Direct phone: +44-79-2457-0696

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