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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: "Mr.Ron Mills" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james.knight@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 08:54:26 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS YOUR ATM CARD IS READY

Federal Bureau of Investigation.
FBI-Washington Field Office
601 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20535
Website: www.fbi.gov
 
Attention. Beneficiary,
 
I am Mr. Ron Mills, the personal secretary to the FBI Director; Robert S. Mueller III. Investigations revealed that you have spent a lot on your personal earned money obtaining transfer documents as requested by Imposters, costing you a lot of money, yet all efforts to receive your overdue payment have been to no avail.
 
 
With the help of some of the best Internet investigators attached to the FBI, we have taken out time in screening through this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and in addition, we sent special financial crime investigators from Washington DC to Africa in other to carry out proper investigations after receiving series of reports similar to yours as you are not the only person awaiting the legal transfer of funds from Africa.
 
Based on the findings of our special financial crime investigators, we discovered that your impending payment $5,500.000.00 (five million five hundred thousand united state of America dollars only is being withheld by Imposters, claiming to be officials of Chartered Bank, HSBC, Barclay Bank, Nat-west Bank London, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Eco Bank Nigeria plc, Central Bank of Nigeria Plus ATM Master Card, Western union payment and Money gram payment etc., among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund /consignment boxes has been located,  With the help of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the Local Police Force, and World Bank, in-conjunction with the IMF, united state of America government and ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) under seven laws terms both in united state of American and African, Europe, Asia / Middle east, these Impostors will soon been arrested and necessary legal actions will be taken to bring them to book as we are workin
 
In our bid to transparency, I am pleased to inform you that a meeting was held as regards the best way to affect the compensation exercise for transparency and most especially to avoid reoccurrence of the delay in payment. In conclusion, we came to a final resolution as all the Financial Institutions involved was duly represented.
 
It might interest you that above stated authority has also paid Registration and Safe Keeping fees and for security reasons we have also insured your fund to avoid misappropriation before delivering to your door step, payment has being process via ATM visa card and have  hence been empowered to assist the Federal Ministry of Finance and all the financial institutions involved; Benefices are responsible for activation  process of ATM VISA CARD immediately ATM Visa Card is delivered to him/her by Benin republic ambassador James Kinght to enable ATM VISA CARD start working perfectly in your country ATM machine commence with the compensation of all the beneficiaries awaiting  the successful transfer of their funds.
 
Henceforth you should stop any further communication with whosoever claiming to be of assistance to you in this transaction in Africa because your payment file is presently with Benin republic ambassador James Kinght therefore contact him for final delivering of your ATM VISA CARD,
 
Ambassador James Knight
 
American Embassy
 
01BP 2012 Cotonou Benin
 
E-MAIL: james.knight@yandex.com
 
We also advise that you should stop further communications with these imposters and forward any correspondence/proposal you receive from them to AMBASSADOR JAMES KINGHT in other for the FBI to bring justice to does still at large.
 
For further enquirers or support, do contact your Claims Administrator for advice.
 
CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR:
NAME: DR JAMES KINGHT
E-MAIL: james.knight@yandex.com
 
Mr.Ron Mills
 
For: Mr.Robert S.Mueller III
FBI DIRECTOR

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