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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: John M Flint <mrmahmoodalatif@gmail.com>
Reply-To: securitykeepingagent@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:08:50 -0700
Subject: Attention: Sir/Ma

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WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
AMERICA USA/LONDON UK
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT


Attention: Sir/Ma

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, it is because
of the restrictions imposed by your Mail/Internet Service Provider, we urge
you to treat it genuinely.How are you today? Hope all is well with you and
family? You may not understand why this email came to you. In regards to
the recent meeting between the United Nations, Cyber Crimes Commission
(CCc), Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) and the United States
Government to restore the dignity and Economy of Nations based on the
Agreement with the World Bank Assistance Project to help and make the world
a better place. We have been having meetings for the past 3 months with the
Secretary General of the United Nations.

This email come to those who are yet to receive their
compensation/inheritance/winnings and who have been scammed in any part of
the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may have not
received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished
transaction or Compensation payments that failed due to Government problems
etc. Recently the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) arrested internet
fraudsters and Scammer with large amounts of money so if you are receiving
this email its means you were selected to be compensated as a scam victim
among 100 selected victims with part of the money recovered from the
internet fraudsters account .

This is a true compensation Approved from the UNITED NATION to compensate
you due to the fact that your name is being listed as one of the Africa
scam victim in the west Africa especially Benin and Nigeria' you may be
victim of scam by wrong people who paraded themselves on what they are not
and because of this, the United Nation approved the uba bank in Africa
where your fund originated from to process ATM MASTER CARD with valid cash
of usd $25,000, twetly five thansand dollas in order to compensate you and
you will be making your withdrawals from the ATM MASTER CARD daily as you
will be only allow in making your withdrawals in minimum of usd$10,000.00
Twenty Thousand USD} per a day from any ATM MACHINE around the world. Your
ATM MASTER CARD will be delivered to your address through Courier delivery
services within 2 working days for your information. please note that we
are using FEDEX COURIER COMPANY for your delivery as that is the company we
signed a contract with so we can actually monitor the delivery when being
process also,So many complaints are rising up every day concerning the
inability of some courier companies unable to make deliveries successfully
this days, we have also learn that the dhl company asks for security fees,
IMF fees and FBI fees and that is the reason we can't sign agreement with
them in other to avoid some more expenses from them, there is no such thing
in the FedEx which we sign a contract with for your fund delivery OK!, the
only payment that the courier companies anywhere in the world asks of is
just the delivery fee and the security fee, which is very clear and
understanding, please you have to be very care full in your dealings as
there is no such thing in the Fedex company, the united nations has warned
all the security agencies to desist from an illegal act, as this fund is
been sent to you due to the rate of poverty,and as such no one has the
power to stop your delivery,for you to be safe, we will assign a special
task force team to follow up your delivery with the delivery LADY SO AS TO
BE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PARCEL, ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR CARD TRY
ASK A PHONE NUMBER TO SEND A THE CODE I WILL GIVE TO YOU.. THEY WILL
ACTIVATE YOUR CARD INSTANTLY.

You are required to send me your full details such as :
Your full name
Your full contact Address
Your Telephone/mobile whats app number
Your OccupCation
Copy of your International Passport and driver license copy

ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL SEND DOWN TO THE COURIER
COMPANY IS JUST THE DELIVERY AND SECURITY FEE.. WHICH IS JUST #585pounds NO
ONE DARES TO ASK FOR ANY MORE FEES. IF ANYONE DOES, REPORT TO US
IMMEDIATELY, YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS DELIVERY, YOU
WILL BE SURPLUSSED ON HOW EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT SO FAST ACCORDINGLY,
DON'T HAVE DOUBT AT ALL OK. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE TRUST ME,YOUR TO SEND
THE REQUIRED FEE TO THIS AGENT ONCE YOU GET BACK TO ME TODAY FOR THE
PAYMENT DETAILS . JUST LET ME KNOW WITH YOUR WHATS APP NUMBER OR MAIL :
wschneiter1234@gmail.com Once you send these above information your ATM
VISA CARD will be processed and delivered to your Address and you can as
well move down to any nearest ATM PAYING MACHINE and apply your pin code #
:6229: to make your withdrawals without any delay.if you will be finding it
difficult to make use of the card,the lady that will be assigned to you
will assist you OK.. I am waiting to hear from you and your advice ..
forward your details Congratulations!!

We also advise that you stop further communications with these importers
and forward any correspondence / proposal you receive from them to Director
Swift Card Payment Center in other for the FBI to bring justice to them.

John M Flint
Director Swift Card Payment Center
Whats-app number +1(678)718-5149

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