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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: "INTERPOL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zackbradford.office@usa.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:11:51 -0700
Subject: ATTN:BEBENEFICIARY{FROM: INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATE SECTION}

INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATE SECTION
    Region No. 2 New York City
    P.O. Box 804 Knickerbockers Station
    New York City, New-York 10002-0804 USA
    Case File No.: 0039-CJ-38920
    Investigating Officer: Special Agent Zack Bradford F. II
    Data: Impending Payment Reports/Approval Case Reported
    Records show that you are among one of the individuals or organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those who fell victims to likes of Hacker, Spammers, Phishing under the following category; Work from Home, Mystery/Secret Shopper, Dating, Credit Card, Lottery/Gambling, Classified ads, Transfer, Next of Kin, Mortgage, Loan, Equity Line of Credit Contract, Inheritance etc. Through our Fraud Monitory
    Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been transacting with some importers and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, Burger King, 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 importers claiming to be The
    Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    The Cyber Crime Division of the INTERPOL gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Centre (IFCC) formerly known as the Internet Complaint Centre (ICC) of 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, who has Accredited Union Bank Visa Card (UNB/H/890453/BG) awarded for contract payment of three million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars (USD$3, 500, 000.00) with card number: 4404 5305 9317 2968 as shown below, has been approved in your favour with Your Personal Identification Number: 3429 and CCV: 544 with a maximum withdrawal limit of $25,000 a day which is powered by Visa is acceptable in more than a million Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) , over 210 countries around the World has been approved to be delivered to your door step via a Registered Courier Service. We have advised that this should be the only way at which you are to receive your payment because it's more guaranteed, since over $5 billion was lost on fake check last year 2012.
    We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected everything in regards to the release of your three million five hundred thousand United States Dollars (USD$3, 500, 000.00) to be 100% risk free and free from
    any hitch as it's our duty to protect citizens of the United States of America, Asia and Europe. (This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American, Asia and Europe which includes
    Work from Home, Mystery/Secret Shopper, Dating, Credit Card, Lottery/Gambling, Classified ads, Transfer, Next of Kin, Mortgage, Loan, Equity Line of Credit Contract, Inheritance are been cleared for the betterment of the current economic status of the nation and its citizens as he has always believed, Our Time for Change has come, because Change is constant and it can happen).
    Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from one of the accredited courier service to confirm people like you who have received their MasterCard successfully without further delay
    ================================================================
    Name: De'Andre Edinborough; USPS Tracking# 9405501699320009455064 (WWW.USPS.COM)
    =================================================================
    Name: Dorinda Davis; USPS Tracking# 9405501699320009454982 (WWW.USPS.COM)
    =================================================================
    Name: Sonia Castellano; USPS Tracking# 9405501699320009455002 (WWW.USPS.COM)
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    Name: David Cowell; USPS Tracking# 9405501699320009455040 (WWW.USPS.COM)
    =================================================================
    To redeem your Union Bank Visa Card, you are hereby advised to contact the sole Approved Union Bank Claims Administrator's Contact information’s is indicated below for the procedure involved to procure a Stamp Duty, Approval of
    payment Warrant and Endorsement of your Union Bank Visa Card Release Order Form on your behalf with Card  Number: 4404 5305 9317 2968 as shown below with your Personal Identification Number(PIN): 3429 and CCV: 544 which will cost you $385.00 only, without any hidden charges 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 $385.00 only. Having said all this, we advise that you stop further communications with any other individual, office or persons. For claims, further enquires do contact your Claims Administrator.
    Metro Bank Claim Administrator
    Name: Mr. Solomon Gabriel
    Email:solomon.gab102@gmail.com
    Do contact Mr. Solomon Gabriel of Union Bank Visa Card Centre via his contact details and furnish him with your details as listed below:
    Name as it will appear on Card:
    Mobile Number#:
    Date of Birth:
    Sex:
    Occupation:
    Physical Address you wish the MASTERCARD mailed to:
    On contacting him with your details, your files would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $85.00 via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Stamp Duty, Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement for the Authorization of your
    Union Bank Visa Card Release Order. After which the Visa Card will be sent out by a registered Courier to the designated delivery address you provide to Mr. Solomon Gabriel without any further delay, extra fee or any authority raising eyebrow. Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that a registered mail containing the Union Bank Visa Card be sent out to the address provided within 48 working hours. We are so sure of everything and we give you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive your Union Bank Visa Card  Shipment Confirmation within the next 48 hrs after you have made the payment do notify me by email. Once again we are so sure of you receiving your payment at no other cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor everything in
    other to cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those importers.
    Yours Truly,
    I.P.A REGION NO: 2.
    Zack Bradford F. II
    Email:zackbradford.office@usa.com
    Committee of Police Societies, NYPD
  
    CC: MR. SOLOMON GABRIEL
    CC: FBI (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
    CC: INTERNATIONAL POLICE
    CC: HOMELAND SECURITY
    CC: CIA

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