419 scam: JOANN KINGHT <joann_kinght@yahoo.com> Greetings, Valued Beneficiary,

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "stamp duty" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: JOANN KINGHT <joann_kinght@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 06:04:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings, Valued Beneficiary,

Greetings, Valued Beneficiary,

My Name is MRS. JOANN KNIGHT the Office in Charge UPS Delivery Express Services here Benicia, FL 94510,FLORDIA U.S.A.

This is to inform you that we have received a package containing an ATM Card from Mr. God-win Emefiele of CBN Bank governor. and we have been instructed to deliver the package to you without any further delay again.

Meanwhile I am very happy to let you know that all other clearance charges/fees regarding the delivery of your ATM Card package has been paid by UPS COMPANY Branch were your Atm was deposited and approved, so you don't have to pay for any clearance fee again.

The only thing remaining right now is the Cross Border Certificate and the Currency Control Service Exchange Certificate of your package which you are to settle before your package will be delivered to you.

Note that we have been instructed not to deliver your ATM Card package to you without receiving the Final Endorsement Stamp Duty fee. from you. Also we can not take the risk of delivering your package to youÂ without insuring it because we can not afford to pay for any lost or damage in the process of delivering your package to you, try and understand the situation at hand.

However The tracking number of your ATM Card will be issued to you as soon as we receive Final Endorsement Stamp Duty fee. of $100.00 from you, So you are here by advised to proceed to any Money Gram near you and send the Insurance fee of $100.00 to our receiving Branch Office inÂ to enable us proceed with the final Delivery to your Door Step.

Below is the information which was approved for you to use and send the fee Via Money Gram, bear in mind that all you will ever have to spend to received this fund is $100.00 dollars nothing more nothing less.

RECEIVERS NAME: =========:MIKE KELVIN
ADDRESS: ========== LAGOS NIGERIA

AMOUNT TO SEND $100.00 ONLY.
MTCN #................

Take note that you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any.

Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $100.00,Final Endorsement Stamp Duty nothing more!

Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after confirmation receipt of the fee of $100.00 USD.

Note: Every other thing has been taken care off,including taxes,custom paper and all clearance duties. So all you will ever need to pay is only $100.00 for Insurance because we can not take the risk of delivering your package to you without insuring it and we can not afford to pay for any lost or damage in the process of delivering your package to you, try and understand the situation at

hand. However The tracking number of your package will be sent to you as soon as we receive the fee from you.

Note that you can withdraw money from your international ATM Debit/Master Card from any ATM machine location or center of your choice/Nearest to you in any part of the world.

Please kindly reconfirm the following details below to avoid any wrong Delivery over this transaction,

1. Your full name:
2. Delivery address:
3. Your direct tel, cell:
4. A copy of your id or id numbers for identification:

Be advised that this is the only delay we having now and you must do what you can to comply with the fee so that we can get this done today or tomorrow morning, so do get back to us when you have send the fee as well, Your package will be sent to you upon confirmation receipt of the Final Endorsement Stamp Duty fee.

We are so sure of everything and we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment $100.00 for the Final Endorsement Stamp Duty fee .

Forward the payment details and also the senders information to this office once the Payment is made so that we can get

your package delivered to your door step.

A COPY OF MY WORKING ID AND YOUR ATM CARD GUARANTEE

will be forward to you once we hear from you.

Reply back to us accordingly; we wait for your

Expedite Response.

TRULY YOURS

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