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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. Thomas Montage" <egommbute@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Thomas Montage" <mrthomaskmontage1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 06:46:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: SURROGATE COURT, 152 GENESEE ST, AUBURN,NY USA (NEW YORK STATE
SUPREME COURT)OVER-DUE PAYMENT RELEASED FINALLY, YOUR FUND IS NOW HERE IN
THE USA AWAITING TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR ADDRESS,



SURROGATE COURT, 152 GENESEE ST, AUBURN,NY USA (NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT)OVER-DUE PAYMENT RELEASED FINALLY, YOUR FUND IS NOW HERE IN THE USA AWAITING TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR ADDRESS,

ATTENTION: DEAR, THE TRUTH YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR LONG OVERDUE FUNDS.

Sequel to the above specifications, the management of the Funds Reconciliation Department here in New York City USA, wishes to let you know that your fund worth total amount of $15.5 million is long overdue payment, every precept regarding your funds has been concluded. You will be receiving your funds from this Surrogate Court Office any moment from now. We take, keep and make report of every transaction done here in the USA. Investigations gathered by the Fund Regulatory Agency {IMF}, shows you have been receiving numerous emails from several offices requesting you to claim your funds. In some cases, you tried a lot but still the transfer or delivery was not completed due to one reason or the other. The fact is that you are stuck between the chains which make it impossible for you to differentiate the real office from its counterfeit.

I know you will be expecting to hear from me regarding this delivery after the last attempt to get it over. The fact is that I understand you're been into so many transaction and I decided to stay clear so that you will understand the truth about everything going on within the internet.

We noticed that the only real offices that had ever contacted you in respect to your funds were United State Embassy Benin Republic and Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It was brought to our notice that the former Ambassador to the republic of Benin, Ambassador Chinedu, made voluntary effort to bring your funds along to your home address but couldn't due to some fall-out on your ends. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York came up to make a wire transfer but they said you couldn't meet up with the fee demand for the transfer, so they gave up on you. In a more proper and legalized manner, the International Monetary Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank solicited us Fund Reconciliation Department to allow your fund to be written as a ATM CARD or Credited as Visa Card and be shipped to your home address through the USA Priority Express Mail. These options, we supposed could be the best, easiest and the most efficient way to have you get hold of your long awaited United Nations approved funds.

Like you were told by the Federal Reserve Bank aforementioned, your funds was transferred from about four different banks; Central Bank of Kenya, United Bank of Africa Benin Republic, Bank of America and Nat west bank London. In total, your funds were amounting to the tune of USD15.5 Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars As we speak, your funds have been credited in your Visa Card and also available as Cashier's ATM CARD well documented and packaged. The documented package will be shipped to your mailing address by the USA Priority Express Mail here in NY, USA. The ONLY thing needed before we can POST your ATM CARD is the PROCUREMENT FILES of your funds. The procurement file is at the Origin Country of your funds in West Africa Benin Republic

For the purpose to avoiding double payment on your end, we had an agreement with the IMF and Federal Reserve to document every charge necessary until the package gets to your home address. The analytical group of the two offices mentioned above had an accurate sum of $250 for Procurement. So it was constituted and officially submitted to the "Court of Justice" that the ONLY charge you will EVER pay before your package leaves our office here in USA to your home address is $250 for your Procurement Files to be signed and conveyed down here in the USA and YOU WILL NEVER pay a dime again as agreed. We are renowned and reputable USA Agency and we don't like an undocumented process that is why it had to be written down in Court that you will never pay any other money apart from the $250 The $250 is for "PROCUREMENT FEES" (That is for someone to sign your file on your behalf). USA Ambassador to Benin Republic, "Ambassador Chinedu, who will be coming to the United State in few days will have the Power of Attorney to stand in and sign on your behalf (since you can't travel down to Benin because of that) so that he can sign and bring along with him your PROCUREMENT FILES to us here to enable us POST your loaded ATM CARD to your mailing address via Priority Express Mail without any hitch.

However, according to our agreement with the originated Country Benin Republic, all our communications should be on email for recording purpose so follow my instruction accordingly, even if you don’t have the $250 try to borrow it and send it immediately today because this is your life opportunity and I don’t want you to lose the chance any more.

Therefore, the days of you being subjected to paying twice Double Payment is over as that is the case with some corrupt officials down there in Africa, whom always strife to subject beneficiaries to hard bureaucratic bottleneck, thereby making it impossible for most innocent citizens spread across the globe and the likes to claim what rightfully belongs to them. Thank GOD that your funds are here in NEW YORK SURROGATE COURT, USA and so we decided to follow the USA constitutions so as to ensure that your money is in your hands this weekend. Without mincing words, it will be desirous if you consciously and here to the above instruction by remitting the PROCUREMENT FEES calculated to be $250 down to the office of Ambassador Chinedu, at the USA Consulate/Embassy in Benin so that your ATM CARD could be shipped to your home address as soon as the Ambassador arrives here with your procurement files. The PROCUREMENT FEE of $250 is PAYABLE in two payment options:

RECEIVER'S NAME FOR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER,

Recipient: Name: STEVE WILLIAMS
Country: Benin Republic
City: Cotonou
Amount: $250
MTCN:
SENDER’S NAME:

We hope your immediate positive response with payment details or payment slip attachment once you make the payment to enable a speedy shipment of your ATM CARD to your home address.

PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR PREFERRED CHOICE OF PAYMENT BELOW:

Kindly Still Update Us With:

1. Your Name which you prefer we use when shipping your ATM CARD
2. Your Current mailing (Delivery) Address where your ATM CARD should be mailed
3. Your Private Mobile Number for the Priority Express Mail to Contact
You when they arrive at your door step.
4. Copy of your id card.

Once again, we are sorry for the inconveniences you might have encountered in the past, in pursuit of your funds. Now that this office, Fund Reconciliation
Department is involved, you will have no cause to ever regret again as soon as you adhere to the above given instructions.

Regards,
Mr. Thomas Montage.
Text or call +1 (914) 279-7062

Contact Email (mrthomaskmontage1@gmail.com)
ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF JUDGE,
SURROGATE COURT, 152 GENESEE ST, AUBURN,
NY USA (NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT)
NEW YORK CITY, USA

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