419 scam: James B Comey <markbenz297@gmail.com> Your Irrevocable Payment Now...

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "express courier delivery" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "transfer of your funds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: James B Comey <markbenz297@gmail.com>
Reply-To: James B Comey <patiencejohn43@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 17:37:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your Irrevocable Payment Now...

Your Irrevocable Payment Now...

I am Mr. James Comey, the FBI director on behalf of world security agency. After proper investigations, we discovered that your impending payment that have been withheld by imposters, claiming to be Mr. Theodore Kodjo Raja (Governor of the Central Bank of Benin Republic), Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr. Frank Egoigwe, none existing officials of the oceanic bank of Benin and zenith bank, UK winning lottery, Andy Lear of HSBC bank, coca-cola winning lottery and among a list of others is now under our custody with the help of the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) and the local police force. Investigations revealed that you have spent a lot of your personal earned money just to conclude the successful transfer of your funds into your nominated bank account by obtaining transfer documents as requested by the impostors, costing you a lot of money but all to no avail.

The FBI Executive Officers had sent some financial crime investigators from our headquarters in Washington DC to Africa in order to carry out proper investigation, after receiving series of other reports similar to yours as you are not the only person awaiting the legal transfer of funds from Africa. The FBI has giving authority to the international monetary funds (IMF) to assist the federal ministry of finance and all the organization involved; such as the central bank, zenith bank, and legit lottery organizations to immediately commence with the compensation of all the beneficiaries awaiting the successful transfer of their funds. With the help of some best internet investigators attached to the FBI, we traced your information from the internet as one of the beneficiaries awaiting the successful transfer of funds to your nominated account.

I am pleased to inform you that a meeting was held as regards the best way to carry out with the compensation exercise for transparency and most especially to avoid re-occurrence of the delay in transferring your funds and the high cost of procuring transfer documents and came to a final conclusion as all head of organizations involved was duly represented. It was approved to be issued to you as a valid international ATM card cash-able at any ATM machine designation in the world. The ATM card account has already being credited with eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($8,000.000.00) with a daily limit of withdrawal of Four thousand United States dollars only. ($4.000, 00). The ATM card has already being packaged and approved to be delivered to your door step via express courier delivery service.

To affect the release of your ATM card valued at $8,000.000.00. Contact Mrs Patience John Wilson, A USA Citizen and also an F.B.I agent in Benin and reconfirm your delivery information as stated below and your security code with five digit (FBI10) number has to be submitted as subject alongside with your delivery information for security reasons. To contact Mrs Patience John Wilson, do click reply bottom and send message direct to her.

You are advised to contact her with these information as stated below:

Delivery information:
Full name and age:
Delivery address:
Cell phone number:
Current occupation:
Preferred payment method (ATM / cashier check)

Have it in mind that the delivery fees of your ATM card package delivery to your destination have been settled with the courier company in charge of your ATM card delivery. so you are mandated to pay for the security keeping fee only for your ATM card to be delivered to you. A reliable and a trusted courier company have been
contracted to deliver your package to your destination, as soon as you contact Mrs Patience John Wilson she will update you with the courier company email contact address in other to avoid any undue delay of your ATM card.

Note: under normal circumstances you are suppose to come and collect your ATM card in person and sign some documents as proof of the collection of your ATM card but IMF and the finance minister agreed that you pay for the security keeping fee only of your ATM card, which will cost you only $950.00 to cut down travel expenses. We hope that this is very clear. A receipt to this effect will be sent to you and a copy kept in your file for future documentation. There is no much time left and the fees need to be paid today to enable them board tonight flight and it will take 18 hours to get the package delivered to you.

We also advise that you stop further communications with these imposters and forward any correspondence / proposal you receive from them to Mrs Patience John Wilson Morgan in other for us to bring justice to those still at large and remember the payment should be done here in USA not Africa or any other place.

God bless us.

Regards,

Mr. James Comey(F.B.I Director)
Cc: Canadian Police Association
Cc: General Intelligence Department (GID)
Cc: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
Cc: Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I USA)
Cc: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Cc: Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Cc: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Cc: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
Cc: International Banking Security Association (IBSA)
Cc: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Cc: Institute de Formation Interbancaire (INSIG)
Cc: World Customs Organization (WCO)
Cc: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Cc: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS)
Cc: World Central Bank (WCB)

CONTACT NAME
Dr.Patience John Wilson
USA Tel: +1 (202) 852-2861

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