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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: "Mrs. Amanda " <amandawilson6179@gmail.com>
Reply-To: owenm2244@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 02:15:09 -0700
Subject:

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER (FIC)
UGANDA
Attn: Dear Fund Beneficiary,
COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

This is to inform you that, We have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of
the Organization of African Unity (OAU) United Nations (UN), European
Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have
been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts
of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin,
Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody
now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague
(Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice. During the course of
our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from
these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered the money recovered
from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the World
for compensation. This Email/Letter is been directed to you because
your email address was found in one of the Scam Artists file and
computer hard-disk during our investigation, maybe you have been
scammed or not, you are therefore being compensated with the sum of
$,1.500,000.00USD(One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars).

We have also arrested some of those who claim that they are
barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents who has been sending you
SMS on your phone that you have won a lottery which does not exist.
Since your email address appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who
will receive a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be
paid to you through ATM VISA CARD. An ATM Visa Card will be issued in
your name and your $1,500,000.00 USD will be loaded into it, and
deliver it to your postal address with the Pin Number, as to enable
you withdrawal your funds from any Bank ATM Machine worldwide.
To issue the ATM Visa Card, you are therefore advised to contact the
Accountant in Charge of your payment, this is because the United
Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the Government has chosen them to payout all the
compensation funds to the 100 Lucky beneficiaries, because the ATM
Visa Card is a global payments technology that enables consumers,
businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital
currency instead of cash and checks. Kindly contact the ATM Card
Issuance Department now with the below contact details:

ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
CONTACT PERSON: BAR. Peterson Alfred
UGANDA
Email:petersonalfred98@gmail.com
Tel:+1 (213) 267-3286

Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM Card. As soon as you
establish a contact with him, an ATM card will be issued to you
immediately which you can use to withdraw your funds in any Bank ATM
Machine, but the maximum daily limit is $15,000.00 per day because the
Card has been upgrade. So if you like to receive your funds through
this means you're advised to contact (BAR.Peterson Alfred) with the
following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Were You Want the your ATM Card to be delivered to or (P.O.Box)
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Cell/Mobile Number:

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has also concluded every legal
cost from all the various financial offices to enable a successful
delivery of your ATM card without any hitch or delay based on the
agreement made, every beneficiary is mandated to bear the fixed cost
of delivery $250 of their ATM card to their designated address through
UPS or FedEx delivery and based on the fact that your ATM Card has
already been activated for instant use, you have only seven working
days to send this $250 US dollars for the delivering of your card, if
we don't hear from you with the payment information; the Provincial
Government will cancel the card for security purpose and your payment
will be withdrawn.

Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not instruct any other Bank or
agent in this payment except (BAR.Peterson Alfred ), whom we can only
give attention to, and from now, we advice you to stop all the
communications you are having with any other Agent or bank officials
in Europe, Asia and Africa regarding your payment.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions.
YOURS IN SERVICES.
MRS. AMANDA LINCOLN
PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER.(FIC) UGANDA

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