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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: "Dr.Anthony James" <"james08."@carrot.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.Anthony James" <dranthonyjames8@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:42:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

INTERNAL REVENUE/FUNDS DEPARTMENT.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT.
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
FILE CODE #: ATM/IBN/0075

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF,AFRICA monitoring Unit and the European Union(EU),this is to notify you of your enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt Management and Settlement Forum organized on the status of global arrangement to have your beneficiary fund settled once and for all.Of course, In the hope that you must have been aware of the past financial leakages in the foreign inheritance payment system, and frustrations associated there from in your last attempt to claim the fund,wherein fund beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected to unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming funds due them. The World Body,having solicited and received the cooperation of British and Benin Government,in harmonizing the sequence of payments, have discovered from records of outstanding foreign inheritance fund beneficiaries due them, that your name and payment has been with held and remain unpaid as a result of such bottleneck. On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you that all aspects of your payment claim is being harmonized, enabling payment to be released to you as urgently as you act on the instructions of this mail.

Consequently, The bank has been directed by the World Body to off set these outstanding debts, using ATM Swift Card payment arrangement.Already, a total amount of US$50 Million has been provided to the bank for this purpose and it is on first come first serve. With this arrangement, I wish to inform you that the bank has been instructed to issue in your name an ATM Cash Card with the valued amount of US$5M. In paying this amount to you, please note that it is without Prejudice to your original inheritance sum. Rather, it is a stop-gap payment arrangement put in place by the World Body to on the one hand ensure that you receive part of your fund, while on the other hand ensure that the process is smooth and without any form of stress whatsoever,whereas a comprehensive arrangement shall be made in future to pay off the remaining fund due you.

However, we are worried with the counter information received from one Mr.John Scott, purporting to be from your directive, with express instruction to activate the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to his name a bank account in the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant to honor this instruction as it were, and would request that you clarify same upon your contact with bank . In addition to that, you should provide
the bank with the following details to forestall any mistake of issuing the ATM Card with the wrong information already submitted by Mr.Philip:

1. Full name for confirmation
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to (p.o box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your ID Card.
6. Beneficiary name for activation of your ATM CARD.

Believing that this arrangement will suit your condition and expectations,we will therefore request for your expedited response to avoid any more delay.Your response should be directed to the bank.Your file reference code for your payment is ATM//IBN/0075 and should be quoted in your contact mail to the bank otherwise the bank will not recognize/process your ATM Swift Payment once you provide the information with.Thank You
Regards,
Dr.Anthony James.
Internal Revenue Service


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