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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 Paul Martin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrpaulmartinsoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:32:55 -0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary Your Urgent Response Is Needed

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 $3.5Million 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 $5,000 per day from any ATM machine that
has the Master Card Logo on it and 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 $180 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 $180.00 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.

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
$180. 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 $180 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!To effect
the release of your fund valued at $3.5Million us dollars you are
advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the ATM department
officer in Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).with the information below,

Mr. Paul Martins
Email: mrpaulmartinsoffice@gmail.com
Telephone: +234 808-278-9517

You are advised to contact him with the information's as stated below:

Your full Name..
Your Address:.....
Home/Cell Phone:........

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,
Dr. Bruce Thompson
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 Mr. Paul Martins 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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