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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: "INT'L DEBT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanusi_lamido2012@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:27:28 -0500
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT.

FROM THE DESK OF:MR.VICTOR WILLS
OFFICE OF THE PAYMASTER GENERAL
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Federal Capital Territory Wuse Zone 11, Abuja Nigeria
Tel: +234-7040437923
Our Ref: PMG/DDC/X001/12

ATTENTION: Esteemed Beneficiary

On behalf of this Unit, we hereby apologize for the

inconvenience this may have caused you in the past not receiving

your fund. Finally, after the board meeting approval has been

issued to release your long awaited overdue payment of

$7,500.000.00 (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE

DOLLARS ONLY) to be release to you as the rightful owner

beneficiary.

We are very sorry for all these may have caused you in the past

with difficulties while trying to get your payment by falling a

Victim of SCAM by the fake officials, imposters, and internet

Email -Hackers, who are impersonating the good image of our

great country Nigeria at large . We have tackle and trace down

all (IP) and all the loop holes where all these fraud emails

come from and we have track some of these fraud stars and

impersonators who are tarnishing the good image of our Country

Nigeria, which the law must preview it cost. It is my pleasure

to notify you that we have withdrawn your payment file from the

Local Banks here in Nigeria, due to the fraud activities

recorded and to clear it all we have arrested some of these

imposters in our local banking industries who are involved in

scam activities, defrauding and extorting money from citizens

abroad. We understand that you have spend thousands of USA

Dollars to these Imposters all with the
hope to receive your payment for the past years especially to

fraud stars in Nigeria from our intelligent report alert which

confirmed that you have sent thousands of dollars after our

verifications with Western Union Office to help us trace these

fraud stars:

I Mr. Frank Nmadu, the (Secretary to the President on

international Matters/Debt Management Committee) vow to make

sure that my government will stand to fight fraud activities.
>Please it is very important we warned you to stop any

conversation you may have with any body trying to convince you

over a winning, or transfer of fund from any bank or Office’s

because your payment file has been withdrawn from our local

banks due to the Fraud activities going on and for your own

security reasons we advice that you kindly change your Email

password for your safety and security reasons.

We also wish to remind you once more that your payment

$7,500,000.00 USD which was channeled to my office, and to pay

you through ATM inter switch Credit card which has been

registered with the CUPID COURIER SERVICE for an immediate

delivery to your Country.

However, Knowing that all the charges had been duly settled

remaining only delivery charges of $50 (Fifty United State

Dollars Only) which you have to send to enable the delivery

company carry on with the delivery on receipt of the delivery

fee$50 immediately in confirmations of your next email, which we

shall immediately proceed with the delivery of your ATM Card.

Please make sure you send the delivery fees$50 USD immediately

on receipt of this email in order to enable the (CUPID COURIER

SERVICE COMPANY) release you’re tracking number immediately

before taken off to your destination.Note,there is urgent need

that you also reconfirm to us full details to ensure we deliver

to the right address:

(1)Full Name
(2)Contact Address
(3)Direct Telephone and Fax
(4)Occupations
(5)Age
(6)Marital Status
(7)Nearest Airport to you

Please make sure you send the requested details immediately

along with your delivery fees$50 USD as soon as you send the

fees stated $50 USD to avoid the delivery of the parcel into the

wrong hands. Bear you in mind that as soon as the delivery fee

of $50 is paid any other fee arising from any source imposed by

the CUPID COURIER SERVICE COMPANY do us good by forwarding the

letter to this office because the agreement reached was that you

are to pay only $50 USD since every other fee had been taken

care off before now.

Below is the information to send your delivery fee$50 dollar

through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER or Money Gram to the

receiver officer information below:

Receiver Name: JOHN NWA
Country: 14B Amadu Bellow Way, Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria
Text Question: Be What
Answer: Honest
AMOUNT: $40 USD
Receivers ID Number: A67509875
MTCN NO: ................
Sender's Name.........
Sender Address:..................

Please contact the Courier Delivery Agent who is in position to

deliver your parcel to your doorstep through your address below

email is the mail of the
Agent.


Contact Person: Mr. Victor Wills
E-Mail: dyycxx000@gmail.com

Also any letter you receive from any office endeavor to forward

it to us immediately because it will help us allots in tracking

down the scammers. we are expecting to hear from you today

unfailingly so as to enable us know what is going on if you have

send the fee as you are instructed for the delivery of your ATM

Card.

The Atm Card Payment Center Has Been Mandated To Issue Ut

$7,500,000.00 As Part Payment For This Fiscal Year 2012.Also

For Your Information, You Have To Stop Any Further Communication

With Any Other Person(S) Or Office(S) To Avoid Any Hitches In

Receiving Your Payment.Email Me Back As Soon As You Receive

This Important Message For Further Direction And Also Update Me

On Any Development From The Above Mentioned Office.Note That

Because Of Impostors Scammers And Hoodlums, We Hereby Issued You

Our Code Of Conduct, Which Is (Atm-001/2012) So You Have To

Indicate This Code When Contacting The Card Center By Using It

As Your Subject.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and understanding.
Yours Sincerely
Mr. Victor Wills
Secretary to the President on
International Matters/Debt Management Committee

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