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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: "FBI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <john.will@blumail.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:42:31 +0300
Subject: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE!!

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime

Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc
Customers Service Hours / Monday To

Saturday
Office Hours Monday to Saturday:
Dear Beneficiary,

Series of meetings have been held over

the past 7 months with the secretary

general of the United Nations

Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It

is obvious that you have not received

your fund which is to the tune of

$850,000.00 due to past corrupt

Governmental Officials who almost held

the fund to themselves for their selfish

reason and some individuals who have

taken advantage of your fund all in an

attempt to swindle your fund which has

led to so many losses from your end and

unnecessary delay in the receipt of your

fund.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol

enhanced by the United Nations and

Federal Bureau of Investigation have

successfully passed a mandate to the

current president of Nigeria his

Excellency President Good luck Jonathan

to boost the exercise of clearing all

foreign debts owed to you and other

individuals and organizations who have

been found not to have receive their

Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling,

Inheritance and the likes. Now how would

you like to receive your payment?

Because we have two method of payment

which is by Check or by ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a

custom pin based ATM card which you will

use to withdraw up to $3,000 per day

from any ATM machine that has the Master

Card Logo on it and the card have to be

renewed in 4 years time which is 2014.

Also with the ATM card you will be able

to transfer your funds to your local

bank account. The ATM card comes with a

handbook or manual to enlighten you

about how to use it. Even if you do not

have a bank account.

Check: To be deposited in your bank for

it to be cleared within three working

days. Your payment would be sent to you

via any of your preferred option and

would be mailed to you via UPS. Because

we have signed a contract with UPS which

should expire in next three weeks you

will only need to pay $135 instead of

$420 saving you $285 So if you pay

before the three weeks 2011 you save

$285 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. Also remember that all

you will ever have to spend is $135.00

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.


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 $135.

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

fees reduce from the actual fee of $420

to $135 nothing more and no hidden fees

of any sort!

To effect the release of your fund

valued at $850,000.00 you are advised to

contact our correspondent in Africa the

delivery officer John Will with the

information below,

Email: john.will@blumail.org
Telephone: +234-7043607660
You are advised to contact him with the

informations as stated below:

Your full Name..
Your Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............
Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier

Check)

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.

Yours sincerely,
Miss Donna Story
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

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 John Will of the ATM CARD

CENTRE 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.

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