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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: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oceantrustsecuritycourierexpress@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:29:27 -0400
Subject: OFFICIAL LETTER FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI/ URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOU ATM CARD !!!

 
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C 20535-0001
www.fbi.gov
Email : anti.tmcdivision@live.com
 
Attention : Beneficiary,
 
              This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, Dr. Philip Morgan, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Barr. Derrick Smith, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen, Dr. Philip Morgan, Paul Adim, claiming to be officials of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.
 
            Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in total USD $11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4,000 to $5000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an ATM CARD.
 
             Because we have signed a contract with UPS which should expire by December 26 2011 you will only need to pay $195 instead of $420 saving you $225 So if you pay before December 26 2011 you save $225 Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any at the moment. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $195.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.
 
 
Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
 
ALANNA BOOKER 1Z935FW80195467244
AMANDA PUGH 1Z935FW80199998520
CANDRA BOWMAN 1Z935FW80197860038
CHEVZE SHERWOOD 1Z935FW80196070563
JAREL EUGENE SCOTT 1Z935FW80198074510
JEFF LOGAN 1Z935FW80196404158
JEFFERY W. SMITH 1Z935FW80199764139
JOHANNA VAZQUEZ 1Z935FW80195376182
KRISTINE E.SCHULTZ 1Z935FW80196696101
STACEY SWEETMAN 1Z935FW80197027340
 
Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government of Nigeria, The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $195.
 
DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $420 but because UPS have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fee to be reduced from the actual fee of $420 to $195 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!
 
             To effect the release of your fund valued at USD $11,000.000.00, Eleven Million dollars you are advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer with the information below.
 
NAME: I/C: Mr Mike Collins (Custodian Manager Ocean Trust Security Company)
Email: oceantrustsecuritycourierexpress@hotmail.com
 
You are advised to contact him with the information as stated below:
 
Names:
Gender:
Age:
Address:
City:
Zip Code:
State:
Country:
Profession:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
 
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 payment/package within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.
 
Note: Do 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 Mr.Mike Collins of the ATM CARD CENTER who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.
 
WARNING!!!We currently have jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal law. So you can see that we can track you down through Investigative programs. We have your address and the evidence and status of your wired funds, so we can arrest you anytime anywhere.Failure to produce the above requirement in the next 48 hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you, justificated and if found guilty, you will be jailed. As terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a serious problem in our community today. The F.B.I will not stop at any length in tracking down and persecuting any criminal who indulge in this criminal act.
 
Best regards,
ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 

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