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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: "Mrs.Chika Ike" <daihukudaiki39@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Chika Ike" <office_filie@yahoo.ie>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:03:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM: MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ. UNITED NATIONS FUND MON


FROM: MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ. UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING OFFICER.

I AM MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ, THE UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR TOTAL $20.500.000.00 PAYMENT FILE.
I
HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MANY TIMES THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU?
THIS IS THE FINAL MAIL YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM ME AND IT MANDATORY
THAT YOU COMPLY TODAY BEEN FRIDAY.

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
CURRENT PRESIDENT - WORLD BANK JIM YONG KIM AND THE UN SECRETARY
GENERAL 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 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
TOTAL FUNDS ($20.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS) PAYMENT WAS AMONG THE
APPROVED BENEFICIARIES AND HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH AN WORLD BANK ATM
CARD NUMBER: four nine eight eight two four one four seven six one six
three four nine six  THROUGH THE BANK OF ENGLAND NTER-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 OWNING 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 USD$10,000.00 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 $20.500.000.00
MILLION DOLLARS 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 $20.5M 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
$20.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE
PAYMENT IS RULED OUT.

YOUR $20.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM
CARD WILL ONLY COST YOU THE COST OF DELIVERING YOUR ATM CARD WHICH
INVOLVES ONLY $99 (24HRSDELIVERY).
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:  $99 (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 $20.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM
CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.

I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE IN AFRICA ,
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY SEND THE $99 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
$20.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS 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 $99 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR
$20.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TOMORROW SINCE IT IS AN
OVERNIGHT / 24HRS DELIVERY.
HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE $99 COURIER FEE:

RECEIVER NAME:    / HARRY JAMES
CITY:    /    COTONOU
COUNTRY:    / BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION:    / TRUST
TEST ANSWER:  / IN GOD
AMOUNT:    / $99
MTCN; /

AFTER PAYING THE FEE, SEND THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT INFORMATION'S TO ME.
1. SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS
2. MTCN NUMBER
3. TEXT QUESTION & ANSWER
4. SENDER’S PHONE NUMBER

I
WAIT FOR THE REFERENCE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION OF THE COURIER FEE AND YOUR
DELIVERY INFORMATION TO ENABLE YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY PROCEED
IMMEDIATELY.
THIS IS THE FINAL MAIL YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM ME
AND IT MANDATORY THAT YOU COMPLY TODAY BEEN MONDAY IF YOU WANT THE BEST
FOR YOU, NOTE THAT THE REASON WHY YOU NEED TO SEND THE MONEY TODAY IS
BECAUSE THE DELIVERY COMPANY HAVE A SHIPMENT TO YOUR COUNTRY TOMORROW
BEEN Tuesday  AND YOUR CARD WILL BE AMONG OF THEIR DELIVERY LIST TO YOUR
COUNTRY ONCE YOU PAY THE $99.00USD TODAY.

I WAIT FOR THE PAYMENT.
SINCERELY YOURS,


MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ,
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT.

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