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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: "Dr. JOHN ALBERT" <iko_goya@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. JOHN ALBERT" <john.albert70@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:37:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Dear Beneficiary,


Attention Dear Beneficiary,

This is Dr. JOHN ALBERT, the United Nations fund monitoring
agent in charge of your total funds of $10.500.000.00 payment file. We are now
charged with the responsibility of finding, reconciling and releasing
of all due payments that ignited 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 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
beneficiary funds in Africa, but promised to make sure that all
beneficiaries receive their funds within the next 24hrs. 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 ($10.500.000.00 million dollars) payment was among
the approved beneficiaries and have been programmed with the World
Bank 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 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
$10.500.000.00 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 $10.5m 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 payments
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 $10.500.000.00 million dollars ATM card to your address as
reverse payment is ruled out. Your $10.500.000.00 million dollars ATM
card will only cost you the cost of delivering your ATM card this
involves only $510 (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:  $510 (24hrs/overnight delivery)

urgently send the above payment via western union or money gram as
directed below, also forward your current delivery address where you
want the ATM card to be delivered as the united nations will not
beheld responsible for any mistake in delivering your
$10.500.000.00million dollars ATM card payment to you. I have a very
limited time here in Africa, so I would like you to urgently send the
$510 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 $10.500.000.00 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 $510 delivery fee
today, you will receive your $10.500.000.00million dollars ATM card
tomorrow since it is an overnight / 24hrs delivery

Use the bellow information to send the $510 to U.S.A through Western union or money gram

Receiver's Name:___SUSAN HAYS
Country: _________U.S.A
State: ________Rincon Georgia
Question:_____ Sky Color
Answer: _____Blue
Amount_____$510 usd
MTCN_____

After paying the fee, send the following payment information to me such as.

Sender’s name and address
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).
Text question & answer

I wait for the reference payment confirmation of the courier fee and
your delivery information to enable your ATM card delivery proceeds
immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. JOHN ALBERT
United Nations International Oversight.

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