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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: "General" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <usattroneygeneralmail@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 19:41:39 +0100
Subject: Re-conciliation Letter from US Attorney General. infomenu.com.ar info@infomenu.com.ar 1Q2w3e4r

Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001,
United States of America.


Re-conciliation Letter.

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am very sorry for contacting you late because ever since i resume this office on February 14, 2019 as the new Incumbent Attorney General of United States of America. I Mr. William Barr. was bothered to contact you regarding the abandon files by Matthew G. Whitaker the Formal USA Attorney General which he did not complete before leaving the office.

Since i resume this office, i have been bothered by so much things and the high rate of
scam i am receiving every day is the worst thing and the main issue that makes me to cry every night because many poor citizens always send me an email on how they lost there life saving and borrowed from many loan companies and not able to refund back now which has lead them to many confusion in life.

I went for a conference which was held in IMF office London and luckily for me,the Word Bank director ( Jim Yong Kim) was there when i raised the issue of high rate of scam and plead them to assign a certain amount for compensation to scam victims. At the end of the meeting the word bank director (Jim Yong Kim) was able to approved $5.5 million USD for compensation fund and we gathered alot of email address of scam victims from many continent of the world and luckily for you, your email address was among the first five people to receive to receive there fund within 48 hours.

The money is already deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria where you inherited the fund and i told them to convert the money to an ATM CARD so that it will be easy for you to access your fund in any ATM Machine around the world and that is what i have been working with the Central bank of Nigeria all these while to see that your fund is release to you accordingly.

You are urge on receipt of this mail to kindly send to me your information urgently as stated below such as:

Your Full Name:
Your Address:
Your Phone:
Your Mobile No:
Your Age:
Your Marital Status.

On receipt of your information, I will forward it to the Central Bank the paying bank and advice you further on how your fund will release to you smoothly without any delay.

Also know that you can still receive your fund through other means, such as Bank to bank wire transfer or through Bank Draft. make sure you specify to the Central bank of Nigeria urgently if you did not want to receive your fund through ATM CARD which is ready.

Finally, the good news is that your ATM CARD is ready to be release to you which will be deliver to your destination through your address.

The Central Bank said that since you don't have any Account with them before, you are required to pay $519 USD to process the opening of account in your name in their bank and release your ATM CARD to you immediately.

The Bank Central bank Governor said that you have to send this fee via RIA only as directed in this email.

You are advised to copy the information as stated and send to us the payment $455 USD through RIA MONEY TRANSFER AGENCY to the receiver officer information below.

Receiver Name: CHRISTAIN ONUZURIKE.
Address: 35 Marina Lagos, Nigeria.
Amount: $455 USD.

Sender's Name:.......
Sender's Address:.....
REFERENCE:.....

After sending the payment, attach to me the receipt of payment for confirmation of the fee and to facilitate the immediate release of your ATM CARD to you WITHIN 24HRS.

Please make sure you write the receivers name completely with no mistake so that there will be no problem or delay in releasing your ATM CARD to you.

Note: On no Account, you will charged for any kind of additional fee because they have assured me that and i will do everything in my power to see that your ATM CARD is deliver to you unfailingly.

Kindly adhere and send the money immediately you receive this mail so
that i will follow up your ATM CARD to you as don't want your ATM CARD delivery to take more thank 3 wordking days 72hrs.

Feel free to call me on this no +1-509-557-0229. and chat me on whats app as well. I look forward to hear from you as i have taken it upon my self to see that your ATM CARD is release to you unfailingly.

Thanks for your understanding!

Regards.

Mr. William Barr
US Attorney-General
United States of America.

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