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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: "FBI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesclinb@mynet.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:44:00 +0500
Subject: FBI Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crime Division.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Edgar. Hoover Building Washington Dc
Customers Service Hours / Monday to Saturday
Office Hours Monday to Saturday:

REF:EA2948-910.

ATTN: RECIPIENT

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 $1, 500, 000.00 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 funds which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Washington,DC. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -

* Deposit Fee's (Fee’s paid to the company for the deposit into an American Bank)

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 one method of payment which is ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $10,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2018. 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/manual to enlighten you about how to use it,Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via DHL or Bank issuring the ATM Card. Because we have signed a contract with DHL which will only need you to pay $470,Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of money he/she definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $470.00 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 con

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 $470.

The total amount for everything is $470.00 (four Hundred and Seventy USD.) We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $470.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank and cannot be accessed by anyone except the legal owner (you), the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Money gram Transfer.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge (AGENT JAMES CLINB) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: AGENT JAMES CLINB
E-MAIL ADDRESS: jamesclinb@mynet.com


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

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

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,
Mr. Chris Swecker
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. James Clinb 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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