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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: "F B I (Director) James Comey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <comey.james2014@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 15:52:03 +0200
Subject: Re: Good News whestates


Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar.Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington , D.C. 20535-0001


Attention Beneficiary.


I am James Brien Comey Jr, the new FBI director . I write to bring to your notice that our Records here show that you are among one of the individuals/organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which 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 formal governor of central bank of Nigeria Mr. Lamido Sanusi Godwin Emefiele the new governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Rev. Obinna, Senator David Mark, Iburahim Lamode of EFCC, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Percy Jones, Mr John Freeman, Mis. Carman Lapointe, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Barclays Bank Plc, 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 in conjunction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nigeria and Metropolitan Police [Scotland Yard] England gathered information from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people like yourself have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop any further communication with anyone not referred to you by this office as we have investigated these bodies and have found out that they were impostors and have hence directed beneficiaries like you to rightful claim centers in Nigeria.


We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance and we have agreed that your payment totaling $15,000,000.00(Fifteen Million United States Dollars) will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). We have advised that this should be the only way which you are to receive your payment because its more guaranteed since over $5 billion was lost on fake check last year 2015.


We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected everything in regards to the release of your $15 Million United States Dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any hitches as its our duty to protect all citizens of the United States of America, also Asia and Europe etc. (This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to people which includes Inheritance, Contract, Lottery, Compensation etc are been cleared for the betterment of the current economic status of the nation and its citizens as he has always believed “Our Time for Change has come” because “Change can happen.


To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to contact the Atm Card Payment Award Center West Africa via email for the requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your Funds Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $280.00 only. Nothing more and no hidden fees as everything else has been taken care of by this office including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty, so all you will ever need to pay is $280.00 only.


ATM CARD PAYMENT AWARD CENTRE WEST AFRICA
PLOT 1408A ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA ST.
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS, NIGERIA
CONTACT PERSON:DR. UDODI AKUABIAGO
EMAIL: DRUDODIAKUABIAGO@YAHOO.COM


Do contact DR.UDODI AKUABIAGO of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed Below for the shipment of your ATM CARD, and also email him with the above email address to festering up the delivery of your ATM Card to your Address:


A) Your full Name...................
B) Your Address In Full.............
C) Your Cell Phone..................
D) Your Sex.........................
E) Age..............................
F) Your Occupation..................
G) Nationality:.....................
H) Your Next of Kin Name............
I) Next of Kin Address .............
J) Next of Kin Cell Phone ..........
K) Next of Kin Email Address .......


On contacting him with your details your files would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of the $280.00 via Money Gram/Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your fund Release Order. After which the delivery of your ATM card will be affected to your designated home/office address without any further delay, extra fee or any authority raising eyebrow, Upon receipt of payment the advocate will ensure that the delivery officer approves that your package is sent within 48 working hours.


Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive your ATM CARD Shipment Confirmation within the next 48 hrs after you have made the payment for shipping, Once again we are so sure of you receiving your payment at no any other cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor everything in other to cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those impostors.


Thanks and proceed now and get in Contact with DR.UDODI AKUABIAGO for the shipment of your ATM Card.


Regards,
MR.JAMES B. COMEY JR,
NEW DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535


C-C. CIA
C-C- United Nation (UN)
C-C- International Police Unit (IPU)
C-C- Homeland Security Council (HSC)
C-C- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)


Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your funds or ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with festering of the ATM card Payment Award center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment worth $15 Million United States Dollars and forward any emails you receive from impostors to this office so we can act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime

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