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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 godson Mark <"www."@sirius.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr godson Mark <godsonmark81@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:54:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attenction Please.


FROM: MR JOHN KERRY UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING OFFICER.
I AM MR JOHN KERRY SMS(229)231-6137, THE UNITED NATIONS FUND

MONITORING AGENT IN CHARGE
OF YOUR TOTAL $10.900.000.00 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.
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 JUST ARRIVE IN CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 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 BENIN
GOVERNMENT ON THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN BENIN.
I HAVE MET WITH THE BENIN 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 ($10.900.000.00 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 INTER-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
$10.900.000.00 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 $10.9M 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 $10.900.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS

ATM
CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE PAYMENT IS RULED OUT.
YOUR $10.900.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD WILL ONLY COST YOU THE COST OF
DELIVERING YOUR ATM CARD WHICH INVOLVES ONLY $102 (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: $102 (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 $10.900.000.00 MILLION DOLLARS ATM CARD PAYMENT TO
YOU.
I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE IN USA, SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY
SEND THE $102 COURIER FEE TODAY SO THAT THE COURIER COMPANY WILL PROCEED ON

THE
DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD BEFORE I LEAVE AND GO BACK. IF YOUR DELIVERY FEE IS
RECEIVED TODAY, YOUR $10.900.000.00 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 $102 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR
$10.900.000.00 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 $102
COURIER FEE:
RECEIVER NAME:.....Ifeanyi Chike
CITY:..............COTONOU
COUNTRY:...........BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION:.....GOD
TEST ANSWER:.......FIRST
AMOUNT:............$102
MTCN;..............
AFTER PAYING THE FEE,FORWARD THE PAYMENT INFORMTION ON THE EMAIL.
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 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 THURSDAY AND YOUR CARD WILL BE AMONG

OF
THEIR DELIVERY LIST TO YOUR COUNTRY ONCE YOU PAY THE $102.00USD TODAY.
BEST REGRAD
MR Godson Mark

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