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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: "UNITED STATES CUSTOMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rubenross001@ibibo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:44:17 -0800
Subject: MSG FROM THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS

Attention,

In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF,European Union
(EU) and U.S Diplomatic Mission,this is to notify you of your
enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt Management and Settlement
Forum organized on the status of global arrangement to have your
beneficiary fund settled once and for all.

Of course, In the hope that you must have been aware of the past
financial leakages in the U.S/European foreign inheritance payment
system, and frustrations associated there from in your last attempt to
claim the fund, wherein fund beneficiaries (like your self) was
subjected to unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming
funds due them.

The World Body, having solicited, in harmonizing the sequence of
payments, have discovered from records of outstanding foreign
inheritance fund beneficiaries due them, that your name and payment
has been with held and remain unpaid as a result of such bottleneck.

On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you that
Already, a total amount of US$500 Million has been provided to the
World bank for this purpose and it is on first come first serve.

I wish to inform you that your Payment has been Dispatched Via a
Diplomat in two boxes to your Mailing address found in the
international Debit computing unit and is valued at of US$2.5m,has
been Approved in your name and your Diplomat has been dispatch to your
location with your fund in two boxes. Please reconfirm your mailing
address once more to Agent Ruben Ross of the United States Customs at
rubenross001@ibibo.com so that there wont be any mistake and delay in
getting your consignment.


(1) Your full names, phone, fax and Cell numbers (up to date) for ease
of contact
(2)Address where you want them to delivery your consignment.
(3)Age and Occupation

Yours
Keith Gale
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission

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