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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: Kelly Rogars <obajijerry2022@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kellyrogars@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:46:38 -0500
Subject: Attn: Dear Fund Beneficiary,

U.S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (FIU)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,

N.W. Washington, D.C. 20431, U.S.A.


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 180 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 $,12. 700,000.00USD(Twelve Million seven 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 of $12.7 million US Dollars , 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 $12,700,000.00 USD will be loaded into it, and
deliver it to your postal address with the Pin Number, as to enable
you withdrawal your compensation funds from any Bank that has ATM
Machine worldwide.




To issue the ATM Visa Card, you are therefore advised to contact the
ATM CARD delivery unit 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 180 Lucky beneficiaries, because the ATM
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: MR. BLAINE THOMAS
HOUSTON –TEXAS USA.
Email: atmcarddeliverydpt1@aol.com
Tel/Fax:+1(317)520 4316


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. So if you like to receive your
funds through this
means you're advised to contact (MR BLAINE THOMAS ) 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
agreement from all the various financial offices to enable a
successful delivery of your ATM card by them without any hitch or
delay based on the agreement made, every beneficiary is mandated to
bear delivery cost 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 five working
days to pick the ATM CARD for the
delivering of your card, if we don't hear from you after five working days ; 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
(MR. BLAINE THOMAS ), 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. KELLY ROGARS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER. (FIU)

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