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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jones_andres@yahoo.dk>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:48:41 -0300
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 3:56 AM, Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division <sherry@yahoo.com> wrote:
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division J. Edgar. Hoover Building
Washington DC ROBERT S. MUELLER,
Attention Beneficiary,
Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who
are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of
Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we
have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters
who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo /Mr. Lamido Sanusi of the
Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none
officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx,
Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud
Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money
to these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop
communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with
the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling $5,900,000.00(Five
Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin
based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is
powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a
Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).
We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US
Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia
and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been
cleared. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery
Company website to confirm people like you who have received their payment
successfully.
1)Name Howard Keighler
Tracking Number899328773367
Website FeDex.com
(2) Name: Jody Miller
Tracking Number: 899571438936
Website: FedEx.com
To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via
email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment
Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will
cost you$155 Usd only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care
of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty
so all you will ever need to pay is $155.00 only.
Note this: you are to pay the sum of $155 before your ATM Card can be delivere
to your nominated delivery address
Mr. ANDRES JONES.(ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Mr.ANDRES JONES.
Email: jones_andres@yahoo.dk
Contact Mobile Number: +2348169060329
Do contact Mr.ANDRES JONES.of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above
and furnish him with your details as listed below:
FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
YOUR COUNTRY
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________
Scan Copy of your Identification:_____________________
On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be
sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of
$155.00 via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement
of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release
Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your
designated home address without any further delay, or extra fee.
ROBERT S. MUELLER,DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
Note: 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.
ANDRES JONES. of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in
regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this
office so we could act upon it immediately.Help stop cyber crime
 

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