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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: UNITED NATION <ofile403@gmail.com>
Reply-To: UNITED NATION <mrssusanleo0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:54:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: MRS,AMANDA RONALD



I  AM MRS,AMANDA RONALD , THE UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING AGENT
IN CHARGE OF YOUR TOTAL $10.500.000.00 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 THURSDAY.

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 ($10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS) PAYMENT WAS AMONG
THE APPROVED BENEFICIARIES AND HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH AN WORLD BANK
ATM CARD NUMBER: 4988 2414 7616 3496 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 $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 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 $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 WHICH INVOLVES ONLY $80
(24HRSDELIVERY).

BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE 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:  $80 (24HRS/OVERNIGHT DELIVERY)

URGENTLY SEND THE ABOVE PAYMENT VIA  MONEY GRAM ONLY 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 $10.500.000.00
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 $80 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 $80 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR $10.500.000.00
MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TOMORROW SINCE IT IS AN OVERNIGHT / 24HRS
DELIVERY.

HERE IS THE MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND
THE $80 COURIER FEE:

RECEIVER NAME:ANTHONY ANAETU
CITY:COTONOU
COUNTRY:BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION:TRUST
TEST ANSWER:IN GOD
AMOUNT:$80
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 FRIDAY 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 DISTNATION TODAY
BEEN SATURDAY AND YOUR CARD WILL BE AMONG OF THEIR DELIVERY LIST TO YOUR
COUNTRY ONCE YOU PAY THE $80.00USD TODAY.

I WAIT FOR THE PAYMENT.

SINCERELY YOURS,
MRS,AMANDA RONALD
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT

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