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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.Rita Adams" <adamsrita241@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:19:52 +0000
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME

Federal GORVERNMENT of Investigation (FGI)
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime
Division
J.RITA ADAMS Hoover Building Washington DC



 Dear Beneficiary,
Series of meetings have been held over the
past 2 months with the secretary general of the
United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days
ago. It is obvious that you have not received
your fund which is to the tune of $4.850,000.00
due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who
almost held the fund to themselves for their
selfish reason and some individuals who have
taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt
to swindle your fund which has led to so many
losses from your end and unnecessary delay in
the receipt of your fund.
The National Central Interpolof west africa
enhanced by the United Nations and Federal
Gorvernment of Investigation have successfully

passed a mandate to the current president of
GHA! NA his Excellency President JOHN MAHAMA to
boost the exercise of clearing all foreign
debts owed to you and other individuals and
organizations who have been found not to have
receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling,

Inheritance and the likes. Now how would you
like to receive your payment? Because we have
two method of payment which is by Check or by
ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin
based ATM card which you will use to withdraw
up to $3,000 per day from any ATM machine that
has the Master Card Logo on it and the card
have to be renewed in 4 years time which is
2016. Also with the ATM card you will be able
to transfer your funds to your local bank
account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or
manual to enlighten you about how to use it.
Even if you do not have a bank account.
Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to
be cleared within three working days. ! Your
payment would be sent to you via any of your
preferred op tion and would be mailed to you via

FedEx. Because we have signed a contract with
FedEx Express which should expire by 28th of
SEPT 2012 you will only need to pay $135
instead of $420 saving you $285 So if you pay
before 31st of July 2012 you save $285 Take
note that anyone asking you for some kind of
money above the usual fee is definitely a
fraudsters and you will have to stop
communication with every other person if you
have been in contact with any. Also remember
that all you will ever have to spend is $135.00
nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee
the receipt of your fund to be successfully
delivered to you within the next 48hours after
the receipt of payment has been confirmed.

Note: Everything has been taken care of by the
Federal Government of Nigeria, The United
Nation and also the FBI and including taxes,
custom paper and clearance duty so all you will
ever need to pay is ! $135.

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ
THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM
card is $420 but because FedEx have temporarily
discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the
chance to pay when package is delivered for
international shipping We had to sign contract
with them for bulk shipping which makes the
fees reduce from the actual fee of $420 to $135
nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!
To effect the release of your fund valued at
$4.850,000.00 you are advised to contact our
correspondent in Africa the delivery officer

WILLIAMS BROWN with the information below,
Email Address williamsbrown241@gmail.com
You are advised to contact him with the
information's as stated below:

Your full Name..
Your Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............
Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check)

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer
will ensure tha! t your package is sent within 48
working hours. Because we are so sure of
everything we are giving you a 100% money back
guarantee if you do not receive payment/package
within the next 48hours after you have made the

payment for shipping.
Yours sincerely,

RITA ADAMS
FEDERAL GORNVERMENT OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Note: Do disregard any email you get from any
impostors or offices claiming to be in
possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby
advice only to be in contact with WILLIAMS
BROWN of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the
rightful person to deal with in regards to your
ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get
from impostors to this office so we could act
upon and commence investigation.

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