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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: "John Fox" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lawrence.roubion@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:00:04 +0330
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 $8.5

Million USD 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 Nigeria 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 up to $3,000 per day 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

2016. 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 in next three weeks you will only need to pay $135

instead of $420 saving you $285 So if you pay before the three weeks 2012 you

save $285 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 $135.00 nothing more! Nothing less!

And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you

within the next 48hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.


Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government of Nigeria,

The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and

clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $135.

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 $135 nothing more and no hidden

fees of any sort!

To effect the release of your fund valued at $8.5 Million USD you are

advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer Lawrence

Roubion with the information below,

Email: lawrence.roubion@yahoo.cn

You are advised to contact him with the informations as stated below:

1) Your full Name:
2) Home/Cell Phone:
3) Full Home address
4) Occupation:
5) Age:
6) Sex:

Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check)

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,
John Fox
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 John Will 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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