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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contact the atm card center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "moneygram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "willaim.lord@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348170071866

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT S. MUELLER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <willaim.lord@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 10:00:24 +0900
Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation,,

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime

Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
ROBERT S. MUELLER,

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the

individuals and organizations who are yet to

receive their overdue payment from overseas

which includes those of

Lottery/Gambling,Contract and Inheritance.

Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have

noticed that you have been transacting with

some impostors and fraudsters who have been

impersonating the likes of Prof.

Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank

Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams,

Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic

Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben

of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen

and some impostors claiming to be The Federal

Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered

information from the Internet Fraud Complaint

Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost

outrageous sums of money to these impostors.

As a result of this, we hereby advise you to

stop communication with any one not referred

to you by us. We have negotiated with the

Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment

totaling $5,900,000.00(Five Million Nine

Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released

to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a

maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day

which is powered by Visa Card and can be used

anywhere in the world where you see a Visa

Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine

(ATM).

We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is

as a result of the mandate from US Government

to make sure all debts owed to citizens of

American and also Asia and Europe which

includes Inheritance, Contract,

Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared. Below

are few list of tracking numbers you can

track from Delivery Company website to

confirm people like you who have received

their payment successfully.

Name:E LINDBERG:DHL Tracking Number

1426425615 (www.dhl.com)
Name :PITELIS :UPS Tracking Number

h8433223480 (www.ups.com)
Name: GERALD D. WARNER FedEx Tracking number

875777537332 (www.fedex.com)

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised

to contact the ATM Card Center via email for

their requirement to proceed and procure your

Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement

of your ATM Release Order on your behalf

which will cost you $200 Usd only and nothing

more as everything else has been taken care

of by the Federal Government including taxes,

custom paper and clearance duty so all you

will ever need to pay is $200.00 only.

Lord William (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Lord William
Email: willaim.lord@yahoo.cn
Phone: +234 8170071866

Do contact Lord William of the ATM Card

Center via his contact details above and

furnish him with your details as listed

below:

FULL NAMES:

__________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD:

__________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

On contacting him with your details your file

would be updated and he will be sending you

the payment information in which you will use

in making payment of $200.00 via MoneyGram or

Western Union Money Transfer for the

procurement of your Approval of Payment

Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release

Order, after which the delivery of your ATM

card will be effected to your designated home

address without any further delay, extra fee.

ROBERT S. MUELLER,
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
+1 (206-259-9602)

Note: 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 Lord

William of the ATM card center who is the

rightful person to deal with in regards to

your payment and forward any emails you get

from impostors to this office so we could act

upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.

Anti-fraud resources:

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