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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: info@lee.com
Reply-To: unitedstatedepartment432@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:39:08 -0500
Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation


Federal Bureau of Investigation((FBI))

Field Intelligence Groups
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.



Attention: Honorable ,




We sincerely apologized for sending you this sensitive information via
e-mail instead of a certified mail, post-mail, phone or face to face
conversation, it's due to the urgency and importance of the security
information of our citizenry, i am Special Agent Larry Miller from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Field Intelligence Groups
(FIGs). We have good news for you from the FBI United States. we had a
meeting with International Monetary fund and Federal Government of
Nigeria/ Benin over your long overdue contract payment and we agreed
with them that your fund should not cost you anything because is your
money, which we finally reached an agreement yesterday that all the
payment will be paid via atm smart card which is the simplest way to
transfer huge amount of money to avoid cost of transfer and other
statutory documents, which we stretched to have a strong agreement
over the payment that will cost you only $195usd for delivery of your
atm smart card via Ups or Fed Ex delivery company depending


However, you have only two working days to send this required delivery
fee of $195usd to Fed Ex or Ups courier company for delivery of your
atm smart card because your atm smart card will be dispatch to them
immediately. And if we don't hear from you with the payment
information, the Federal Bureau of Investigation will not hesitate by
given instruction to Federal Government of Nigeria and the
International Remittance Department to cancel your payment that has
been already approved and programmed in an atm smart card.



I want you to read below carefully, the notice below stand as caution
before it is late. For your consideration, you must be conscious of
this project, as I will soon conclude this transaction with you, let
this stand as a warning before you in case you received any e-mail or
calls regarding to this from any individual, office, organization and
banks claiming to be me.



Be informed that you may also receive several e-mail and telephone
calls from any organization; such must be forwarded to us immediately
for verification. it might come to you with different proposals with
different names including my name asking you to come and put claim on
your estate or even funds belonging to you or to somebody you do not
know, i urge you to ignore such e-mail or calls while you forward it
to us. I want you to understand that the most important thing for me
is your understanding and co-operation. While responding to the atm
smart card payment officer you confirm this code (18062010) for
identification.



However, be informed that the part payment which is 3,000.000.00
Million U.S. Dollars has been loaded in your atm smart card and your
fund which is in tune of 10,500.000.00 U.S. Dollars will come in
batches of 3,000.000.00 Million U.S. Dollars and this is the first
batch of your part payment. Your payment would be sent to you via Ups
or Fed Ex, because we have signed a contract with them which should
expired by December 31 2015.



However, be advice based on our recommendation/instructions that your
complete contract/inheritance over-due funds will be released
immediately upon your contact to the newly appointed payment officer
that will carry out the dispatch of your art smart card to Fed Ex
Courier Company with the payment for delivery of your packaged. You
are therefore advised to contact Mr.Samson Lucas immediately as stated
below as the appointed director of atm smart card/foreign operation
dept.


Contact person: Mr.Samson Lucas
Private e-mail address: unitedstatedepartment432@gmail.com




You're advise to contact him immediately so as to enable him
facilitate a speedy processing and release of your delivery since is
the only $195usd that is keeping your atm smart card. Contact him with
the following information as below:
1. Your full name.........................................
2. Contact address.........................................
3. Your age..........................................
4. Occupation............................................
5. Phones and fax number....................
6. Country..........................................
7. Your id.................................................


Note: you're advised to furnish your information to International
Remittance Department Director Danny Blessed with your correct and
valid details to enable him expedite speedy action on the processing
of your payment. We expect your swift response to this e-mail to
enable us monitor this payment and the delivery of your atm smart card
effectively there by making contact with the International Remittance
Department as directed to avoid further delay.



You're also expected to follow his advice and directives to avoid
delay in releasing your payment because your payment file has already
been moved to IMF office for processing and verification.


Yours In Service,

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