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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: "Federal Bureau of Investigation \(FBI\)" <dhl_couriercompany2@ymail.com>
Reply-To: lorrenstang@sunumail.sn
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:26:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
















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
Benin 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
any amount you wish 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 by 10 August 2012 you will only need to pay $100.00 instead of $420
saving you $320 So if you pay before 10 August 2012 you save $320 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 $100.00 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.

Below are few
list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like
you who have received their payment successfully.
Name: Donna L. Vargas:
UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991598420403 (www.ups.com)
Name: Rovenda Elaine
Clayton: UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991596606592
(www.ups.com)
Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal
Government of Benin, The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes,
custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $100.


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 $100 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 Lorren Stang with the information
below,

Officer’s Name : Lorren Stang
(Email:  lorrenstang@sunumail.sn
 
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)

Use this payment
information information to send the fee through wester union money transfer Or
Money Gram.

Receiver
Name..........Mrs. Chinaka Anthony Nze,
Country............Benin Republic
State............ Benin
Text
Question...............help
Answer...............found
Amount...........$100.00
Sender's
Name............
MTCN #....................

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,

MRS. WAZIRI
FARIDA EFCC CHAIRMAN
MRS. EVELYNE JONA
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
Andrew Lamar 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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