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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: "FROM: JOHN KERRY" <ww.union264@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john.kerry2015@yandex.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:11:33 -0700
Subject: FROM: JOHN KERRY UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE


*FROM: JOHN KERRY.*

*UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING OFFICER. *





*I AM JOHN KERRY, THE UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING AGENT IN CHARGE OF
YOUR $1.5M PAYMENT FILE. WE ARE NOW CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
FINDING, RECONCILING AND RELEASING OF ALL DUE PAYMENTS THAT ORIGINATED IN
AFRICA ( LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE FUNDS )
BELONGING TO FOREIGN/LOCAL BENEFICIARIES.*



*I CAME TO BENIN FROM NEW YORK AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE WORLD BANK
PRESIDENT ROBERT B. ZOELLICK AND THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON DUE
TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM THE FBI AND OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES AGAINST THE
BENIN GOVERNMENT ON THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN
BENIN. I HAVE MET WITH THE BENIN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ( CBN ) WHO CLAIMED
IGNORANT OF THE DELAY IN RELEASING FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES FUNDS IN AFRICA
BUT PROMISED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FUND BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS
WITHIN THE NEXT 48HRS.*



*DURING OUR RECONCILIATION REVIEW IN AFRICA , ALL UNPAID LOTTERY WINNING,
CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE PAYMENT FILES BELONGING TO YOU AND OTHER
FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES WAS TRACED AND APPROVED SUCCESSFULLY. YOUR $1.5M
PAYMENT WAS AMONG THE APPROVED BENEFICIARIES AND HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH
AN ATM CARD NUMBER: 4988 2414 7616 3496 THROUGH THE BANK OF ENGLAND
INTER-SWITCH COMPUTERIZATION DEPARTMENT IN UNITED KINGDOM .*



*THE ATM CARD IS NOT A CREDIT CARD, IT IS AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE CARD
( ATM CARD ) WHICH WORK IN ALL BANKS WITH DULY INTER-SWITCH AND THE FUNDS
CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE
CARD IF YOU WISH TO. THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WITH
THE WORLD BANK GROUPS AND IMF ( INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUND ) HAS ADOPTED
THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE OWING TO VARIOUS COMPLAINS/PETITIONS RECEIVED
FROM BENEFICIARIES DUE TO THE DELAYS IN RECEIVING THEIR INHERITANCE/WINING
FUNDS AS EXPECTED, IT WAS ALSO ADOPTED TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROTOCOLS AS WELL AS FRAUD PERPETRATION.*



*YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW USD10,000.00 PER DAY FROM THE ATM CARD
ACCOUNT IN ANY ATM MACHINE CENTER OF YOUR CHOICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD
OR OPTIONAL AS SOON AS YOU GET THE ATM CARD, YOU CAN DEPOSIT THE TOTAL
AMOUNT IN THE ATM CARD INTO YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT WITH YOUR PERSONAL
IDENTIFICATION OR PASSPORT ID.*



*IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE
COST OF YOUR ATM CARD COURIER FEE AS STIPULATED BY THE AUDITORS, THIS IS
BECAUSE YOUR $1.5M PROGRAMMED ATM CARD IS LABELED AS A "NON FRAGMENTED
BOND" AND IS PROTECTED BY A HARDCOVER BOND POLICY BY THE AUDITORS WHICH
MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEDUCT THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR ATM CARD FROM THE
APPROVED $1.5M ATM CARD BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU.*



*FURTHERMORE, THE AUDITORS DECLINED REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT, ( NO MORE
C.O.D FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS ) THAT IF A REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT IS
MADE, AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THAT WE/YOU CANNOT SUE THE DELIVERY COMPANY
TO RECOVER THE FULL VALUE OF THE FUND AS STIPULATED IN THE ATM CARD SINCE
PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY WAS NOT MADE AT POINT OF MAILING,SO FOR THIS REASONS,
WE HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUDITORS THAT YOU SHALL BE THE ONE TO
TAKE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD TO
YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE PAYMENT IS RULED OUT. YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD WILL ONLY
COST YOU THE COST OF DELIVERING YOUR ATM CARD WHICH INVOLVES ONLY $79.00 (
24HRS DELIVERY ).*



*BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE ARIK DELIVERY AGENT, IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT; YOU ARE
REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY PAY THE DELIVERY COST THROUGH THE ARIK AGENT GIVEN
PAYMENT INSTRUCTION BELOW:DELIVERY COST:$79.00 ( 24HRS/OVERNIGHT DELIVERY )*



*URGENTLY SEND THE ABOVE PAYMENT VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM AS
DIRECTED BELOW, ALSO FORWARD YOUR CORRECT DELIVERY ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT
THE ATM CARD TO BE DELIVERED AS THE UNITED NATIONS WILL NOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISTAKE IN DELIVERING YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD PAYMENT TO
YOU.*



*I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE IN AFRICA , SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
URGENTLY SEND THE $79.00 COURIER FEE TODAY SO THAT THE COURIER COMPANY WILL
PROCEED ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD BEFORE I LEAVE AFRICA.IF YOUR
DELIVERY FEE IS RECEIVED TODAY, YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD WILL LEAVE TO YOUR
DESTINATION FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL GET TO YOU WITHIN 24HRS,
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU SEND THE $79.00 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE
YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD TOMORROW SINCE IT IS AN OVERNIGHT / 24HRS DELIVERY.*



*THE OFFICER IN CHARGE WHOSE NAMES YOU WILL BE SENDING THE DELIVERY FEE IS
JOHN NNA, SEND THE $79.00 DELIVERY FEE VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM IN
THE NAME OF THE DISPATCH OFFICER STATED BELOW:*



*HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE
$79.00 COURIER FEE:*



*RECEIVER NAME..........JOHN NNA*

*CITY..................COTONOU*

*COUNTRY...............BENIN REPUBLIC*

*TEST QUESTION.........HONEST*

*TEST ANSWER...........TRUST*

*AMOUNT:..............$79.00*



*AFTER PAYING THE FEE, SEND THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT INFORMATION'S TO ME.*



*ATTACHED IS MY WORKING ID FOR YOUR RECORD KEEPING. I WAIT FOR THE MTCN#
PAYMENT CONFIRMATION OF THE COURIER FEE AND YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION TO
ENABLE YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY PROCEED IMMEDIATELY.*



*I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.*

*FROM: JOHN KERRY UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE*

*(**john.kerry2015@yandex.com <john.kerry2015@yandex.com>)*

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