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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: "James Brien Comey, Jr" <dhlee@greenbell.co.kr>
Reply-To: <agentericmoore391@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:36:40 -0800
Subject: Truth About Your Fund.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
JAMES BRIEN COMEY, JR
 
Attention Beneficiary,
 
Records show that you are between the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas that 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 public have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. So result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any body not reference to you by us.
 
We guarantee receipt of your payment. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling Ten Million Dollars must be transfered to you. This is so of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe that includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery are been cleared.  To redeem your funds, you cliche 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 that will cost you $196 (one hundred and ninty six United State Dollars) only and nothing.
 
Eric Moore (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Business District,
ATM Card Center Director Eric Moore.
Email: agentericmoore391@gmail.com
 
Do get in touch with Eric Moore 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:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
 
On getting in touch with him, 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 $196.00  via MoneyGram 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 affect to your designated home address without any farther delay, extra fee.
 
JAMES BRIEN COMEY, JR
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
Phone Number: +1 (646) 453 0366
 
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 touch with Eric Moore of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with as regards to your payment and send any emails you get from impostors to this office; we can act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.
 
You are required to comply within 72 hours or we should take it that you do not want your parcel, and should move it to the treasury Also, you must not contact any other bank or any Agent for any payment, because your payment  will be released to you once you follow up the instructions stated to you.

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