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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: "ROBERT S. MUELLER, III" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barbara.elizabeth1@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:43:47 +0800
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary, Your have been dealing with the wrong person!!!!

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division 2014.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc

Attn: Beneficiary, Your have been dealing with the wrong person!!!!

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. of the IMF, Lamido Sanusi chairman of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, Dr. Philip Mogan, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks,Barr. Derrick Smith, kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx,Ibrahim Sule,LarryChristopher, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen, Dr. Philip Mogan, Paul Adim, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment. Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf this year 2014 and they have brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in t

Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to protect the American Citizens. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $350.00 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.

CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: Barbara Elizabeth
EMAIL:barbara.elizabeth1@aol.com
Do contact Mrs.Barbara Elizabeth of the ATM PAYMENT CENTER with your details:

NB: You are to provide to us this details below for fast processing

FULL NAME:_____________________________
HOME ADDRESS:____________________________
CURRENT CELL:__________________________
CURRENT OCCUPATION:____________________
SEX:____________
AGE:_____________

So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment information's which you'll use in making payment of $350.00 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay. We order you get back to this office after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you. Thanks and hope to read from you soon.

NB: IF YOU FIND THIS MESSAGE IN YOUR JUNK/SPAM BOX THEN IT IS DUE TO YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER...

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR, 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 Mrs. Barbara Elizabeth of the ATM CARD CENTER 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.
...................................................................................

My Dearest One,
This is Miss Marina Sanzel from Trinidad &Tobago. I am writing from the
hospital in Ivory Coast , therefore this mail is very urgent as you can
see that I’m dying in the hospital which I don’t know what tomorrow will
be. I was told by my doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver
damaged and can only live for some months.
I inherited some money ($2.5 Million) from my late father and I cannot
think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my step mother in order to
inherit the money, she is an Ivorian by nationality.

I want you to contact my servant with this information below:
Servant Florent Mathieu.
Address: Rue De La Princess L /G 152 Cocody
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
Email floren_mat@yahoo.co.jp

He will give you the documents of the money and will direct you to a
well known lawyer that I have appointed to him, the lawyer will assist
you to change the documents of the money to your name to en able the
bank transfer the money to you.

This is the favor I need when you have gotten the money :-

(1) Give 20% of the money to my servant Mathieu as he has been there
for me through my illness and I have promised to support him in life. I
want you to take him along with you to your country and establish him as
your son.

(2) Give 30% of the money to handicap people and charity organization,
then the remaining one is yours.
Note; This should be a code between you and my Servant Mathieu in this
transaction "Hospital" any mail from him, the barrister he will direct
you to, without this code "Hospital" is not from the barrister, Mathieu,
the bank or myself as I don't know what will happen to me in the next
few hours.

(3) The lawyer's name is Mc Lambert Adams . And Let Mathieu send you
his International passport to be sure of whom you are dealing with.
Mathieu is so little, therefore guide him.

And if I don't hear from you, I will look for another person or an
organization.


Please do not forget to contact Florent Mathieu with
floren_mat@yahoo.co.jp
May Almighty God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish.

Pray for me always.
Miss Marina Sanzel

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