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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: "Paul McCulley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paul.mcculley@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 05:26:02 -0400
Subject: CONTACT DR.SMITH DOUGLAS

Attn Beneficiary,
 
I am Mr. Paul McCulley, the personal secretary to the FBI Director;
Robert S.Mueller III. After proper investigations, we discovered that
your impending payment that have been withheld by imposters, claiming
to be Mr. Mr. Lamido Sanusi (The New Governor of the Central bank of
Nigeria), Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Frank Nweke, None existing officials
of several banks in nigeria and also lottery winnings,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.
 
 
 
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 Six million, five
hundred thousand United States dollars. ($6,500,000.00USD), with a
daily Limit of withdrawal of Ten thousand United States Dollars.
($10.000, 00USD).The ATM card has already being packaged and approved
to be delivered to your door step via express courier delivery
service.
 
 
 
Contact Dr.Smith Douglas {Our FBI ATM Rep.} at the ATM PAYMENT CENTER
and reconfirm your delivery information as stated below and your
security code with five digit (24006) number has to be submitted
alongside with your delivery information for security reasons.
 
 
 
DELIVERY INFORMATION:
FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
CELL PHONE NUMBER:
CURRENT OCCUPATION
AGE:
 
 
 
CONTACT INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Dr.Smith Douglas
EMAIL: s-dougllas@hotmail.com
 
 
 
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 delivery charges of your ATM CARD via
western union money transfer, which will cost you the delivery charges with
 
options for you to choose from our nominated courier company that will carry out
 
with the delivery to your door step to be documented in your file as proof of your collection.
 
 
 
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. Richard Williams in other for the FBI to bring justice to
does still at large.
 
 
 
We hope that is very clear.
 
 
 
Mr. Paul McCulley.
 
For: Mr. Robert S.Mueller III
FBI DIRECTOR
 
 

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