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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: "James Comey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jameswatter4@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:21:20 -0400
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS

Federal Bureau Of Investigation.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS

J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc

Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday

Office Hours Monday to Saturday.

http://fbi-fundoffice.ucoz.co.uk/



Dear Beneficiary,



Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general

of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you

have not received your fund which is to the tune of $2.5million Usd due to past

corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their

selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an

attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and

unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.



The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal

Bureau of Investigation and the International monetary funds have successfully

passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Good

luck Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and

other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their

Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. Now how would you like to

receive your payment? Because we have two method of payment which is by Check or by

ATM card?



ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to

withdraw up to $5,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on

it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2016. Also with the ATM

card you will be able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM

card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it even if

you do not have a bank account.



Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days.

Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be

mailed to you via FedEx. Because we have signed a contract with FedEx which should

expire in the next three weeks you will only need to pay $180 instead of $520 saving

you $440 So if you pay before the three weeks 2016 you save $440 Take note that

anyone asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a

fraudsters and you will have to stop any communication with every other person if

you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to

spend is $180.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your

fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of

payment has been confirmed.



Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government of Nigeria the

International Monetary Funds, The United



Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all

you will ever need to pay is $180.





DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your

ATM card is $520 but because FedEx have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which

gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping.



fees reduce from the actual fee of 520 to $180 nothing more and no hidden fees of

any sort!

To effect the release of your fund valued at $2.5million Usd you are advised to

contact our correspondent in Africa the Delivery officer Mr.James Watter with the

information below,



Full Name: Mr.James Watter

Email: jameswatter4@gmail.com

You are advised to contact him with the information’s as stated below:



Your full Name…………

Your Address:

Phone:

Occupation:

Age:



Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check) door to door Upon receipt of payment

the delivery officer will ensure 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 payment/package within the next 24hrs twenty four hours. After

you have made the payment for shipping.



Yours sincerely,

James Comey ,

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

http://fbi-fundoffice.ucoz.co.uk/

WASHINGTON , D.C. 20535

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