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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: Federal ministry of justice <ministry.justice2015@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 18:41:10 +0100
Subject: FIRST BANK/I M F LONDON PAY ATM CARD FUND VALUED AT $45,500,000.00

FROM FIRST BANK AND I M F
E-MAIL:[ imf3331@gmail.com ]

YOUR ATM VISA CARD IS READY
YOUR ATM VISA CARD IS READY

Hello Dear,
Greeting to your family
YOUR FIRST BANK ATM VISA CARD VALUED $45,500,000.00 IS READY:CONTACT US NOW!
E-MAIL:[ imf3331@gmail.com ]

I have been waiting for you since to contact me regarding your ATM
Master amount of $US45, 500, 000.00 (Forty-five Million United State
Dollars) loaded on your ATM visa card which we paid and activated. We
are duly interred switched. Therefore you can make withdrawal in any
location of ATM Machine Centre Cash point of your choice in any part
of the world and the maximum you can withdraw a day is $20,000 us
dollars, but I did not hear from you since then. Therefore I went and
deposited the packaged ATM CARD with Diplomatic Courier company,
London England as I traveled out of the country for a short Course and
I woul not come back till this year 2017.What you have to do now is to
contact the Diplomatic Courier Security company as soon as possible to
know when they will deliver your package to yourr receiving address
because of the expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the Clearance Certificate Fee
neither of the ATM CARD showing that it is not a drug Money nor to
sponsor Terrorism in your Country. The only money you will pay to the
Courier Company to deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address
in your country is ($US50) only being their Security Keeping Fees of
the Courier service Company so far.

Again, Don’t be deceived by anybody asking to pay any other money
except $US50 United States I would have paid that but they said no,
because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage. You have to contact the Express Courier Company manager for
the delivery of your ATM CARD package with this information bellow
immediately.
FIRST BANK LONDON


HERE IS THE COURIER COMPANY INFORMATION’S.
COURIER NAME: TRANSNET COURIER AND EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE
CONTACT PERSON: MR. BROWN MARTINS.
POSITION: DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL:[ imf3331@gmail.com ]

Finally make sure that you reconfirm your full name, your Postal
address or your home address and direct telephone number to them again
to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the
tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know
when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, try to contact
them as soon as you receive this massage to avoid any further delay
and remember you are to pay them their Security keeping fees of $US50
ONLY for their immediate action.

As a matter of facts, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the ATM
CARD package of $US45,500,000.00 (Forty-five Million United State
Dollars) you must contact them by indicating the code (2661458) so
that they can find it and pick up immediately as they have it in their
record.

Yours sincerely
Dr. Victor Midland
Payment Agent for
I M F Washington &
First Bank Limited,
London UK (F.B.L)
tEL:+44 678 823132.
E-MAIL:[ imf3331@gmail.com ]

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