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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: "MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ," <info.office0009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ," <officefile27@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:48:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NATIONS FUND MONITORING AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR TOTAL


 I AM MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ, THE UNITED
NATIONS FUND MONITORING AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR TOTAL
$10.500.000.00 PAYMENT FILE.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MANY TIMES THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN
SENT TO YOU? THIS IS THE FINAL MAIL YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE
FROM ME AND IT MANDATORY THAT YOU COMPLY TODAY BEEN.

WE ARE NOW CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FINDING,
RECONCILING AND RELEASING OF ALL DUE PAYMENTS THAT
ORIGINATED IN AFRICA (LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND
INHERITANCE FUNDS) BELONGING TO FOREIGN/LOCAL
BENEFICIARIES.

I CAME TO NIGERIA FROM NEW YORK AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS
WITH THE WORLD BANK CURRENT PRESIDENT - WORLD BANK JIM YONG
KIM AND THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS
FROM THE FBI AND OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES AGAINST THE NIGERIA
GOVERNMENT ON THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING
ON IN NIGERIA.

I HAVE MET WITH THE NIGERIA CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WHO
CLAIMED IGNORANT OF THE DELAY IN RELEASING FOREIGN
BENEFICIARIES FUNDS IN AFRICA BUT PROMISED TO MAKE SURE THAT
ALL FUND BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS WITHIN THE NEXT
48HRS. DURING OUR RECONCILIATION REVIEW IN AFRICA, ALL
UNPAID LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE
PAYMENT FILES BELONGING TO YOU AND OTHER FOREIGN
BENEFICIARIES WAS TRACED AND APPROVED SUCCESSFULLY.

YOUR TOTAL FUNDS ($10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS) PAYMENT
WAS AMONG THE APPROVED BENEFICIARIES AND HAVE BEEN
PROGRAMMED WITH AN WORLD BANK ATM CARD NUMBER: 4988 2414
7616 3496 THROUGH THE BANK OF ENGLAND NTER-SWITCH
COMPUTERIZATION DEPARTMENT IN UNITED KINGDOM .

THE ATM CARD IS NOT A CREDIT CARD, IT IS AN AUTOMATED TELLER
MACHINE CARD (ATM CARD) WHICH WORK IN ALL BANKS WITH DULY
INTER-SWITCH AND THE FUNDS CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR
PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE CARD IF YOU WISH
TO. THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WITH
THE WORLD BANK GROUPS AND IMF (INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUND)
HAS ADOPTED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE OWNING TO VARIOUS
COMPLAINS/PETITIONS RECEIVED FROM  BENEFICIARIES DUE TO
THE DELAYS IN RECEIVING THEIR INHERITANCE/WINING FUNDS AS
EXPECTED, IT WAS ALSO ADOPTED TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
PROTOCOLS AS WELL AS FRAUD PERPETRATION.

YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW USD$10,000.00 PER DAY FROM
THE ATM CARD ACCOUNT IN ANY ATM MACHINE CENTER OF YOUR
CHOICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD OR OPTIONAL AS SOON AS YOU
GET THE ATM CARD, YOU CAN DEPOSIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE
ATM CARD INTO YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT WITH YOUR PERSONAL
IDENTIFICATION OR PASSPORT ID.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED
TO BEAR THE COST OF YOUR ATM CARD COURIER FEE AS STIPULATED
BY THE AUDITORS, THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION
DOLLARS PROGRAMMED ATM CARD IS LABELED AS A "NON FRAGMENTED
BOND" AND IS PROTECTED BY A HARDCOVER BOND POLICY BY THE
AUDITORS WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEDUCT THE DELIVERY
FEE OF YOUR ATM CARD FROM THE APPROVED $10.5M ATM CARD
BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU.

FURTHERMORE, THE AUDITORS DECLINED REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT,
(NO MORE C.O.D FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS) THAT IF A
REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT IS MADE AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG,
THAT WE/YOU CANNOT SUE THE DELIVERY COMPANY TO RECOVER THE
FULL VALUE OF THE FUND AS STIPULATED IN THE ATM CARD SINCE
PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY WAS NOT MADE AT POINT OF MAILING, SO
FOR THIS REASONS, WE HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
AUDITORS THAT YOU SHALL BE THE ONE TO TAKE THE SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR $10.500.000.00
MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE PAYMENT
IS RULED OUT.

YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD WILL ONLY COST
YOU THE COST OF DELIVERING YOUR ATM CARD WHICH INVOLVES ONLY
$105 (24HRSDELIVERY).

BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED DELIVERY
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ARIK DELIVERY AGENT, IN VIEW OF THE
ABOVE DEVELOPMENT; YOU ARE REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY PAY THE
DELIVERY COST THROUGH THE ARIK AGENT GIVEN PAYMENT
INSTRUCTION BELOW:

DELIVERY COST:  $105 (24HRS/OVERNIGHT DELIVERY)

URGENTLY SEND THE ABOVE PAYMENT VIA WESTERN UNION OR
MONEY GRAM AS DIRECTED BELOW, ALSO FORWARD YOUR CORRECT
DELIVERY ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THE ATM CARD TO BE DELIVERED
AS THE UNITED NATIONS WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
MISTAKE IN DELIVERING YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS
ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.

I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE IN AFRICA , SO I WOULD LIKE
YOU TO URGENTLY SEND THE $105 COURIER FEE TODAY SO THAT THE
COURIER COMPANY WILL PROCEED ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM
CARD BEFORE I LEAVE AFRICA. IF YOUR DELIVERY FEE IS RECEIVED
TODAY, YOUR $10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD WILL
LEAVE TO YOUR DESTINATION FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING AND
WILL GET TO YOU WITHIN 24HRS, THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU SEND
THE $105 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR
$10.500.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD TOMORROW SINCE IT IS
AN OVERNIGHT / 24HRS DELIVERY.

HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION
TO SEND THE $105 COURIER FEE:

RECEIVER NAME::: UDEZUO JAMES OBINN
CITY::::: LAGOS NIGERIA
COUNTRY:::: NIGERIA
TEST QUESTION::: TRUST
TEST ANSWER::: IN GOD
AMOUNT:105
MTCN;

AFTER PAYING THE FEE, SEND THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT
INFORMATION'S TO ME.

1. SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS
2. MTCN NUMBER
3. TEXT QUESTION & ANSWER
4. SENDER’S PHONE NUMBER

I WAIT FOR THE REFERENCE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION OF THE
COURIER FEE AND YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION TO ENABLE YOUR ATM
CARD DELIVERY PROCEED IMMEDIATELY.

THIS IS THE FINAL MAIL YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM ME AND
IT MANDATORY THAT YOU COMPLY TODAY BEEN SUNDAY IF YOU WANT
THE BEST FOR YOU, NOTE THAT THE REASON WHY YOU NEED TO SEND
THE MONEY TODAY IS BECAUSE THE DELIVERY COMPANY HAVE A
SHIPMENT TO YOUR COUNTRY TOMORROW BEEN MONDAY AND YOUR CARD
WILL BE AMONG OF THEIR DELIVERY LIST TO YOUR COUNTRY ONCE
YOU PAY THE $105.00USD TODAY.

I WAIT FOR THE PAYMENT.
SINCERELY YOURS,
MR. NASSIR ABDULAZIZ,
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT.

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