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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: Mr.Daniel Jose <lobby@gardencityny.net>
Reply-To: <agentsamsonlucas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 03:54:45 +0800
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

 
 
Attention;
 
 
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK
 
folder, it is because of the restrictions imposed by your
 
Mail/Internet Service Provider, we urge you to treat it
 
genuinely.
 
 
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?
 
You may not understand why this email came to you. In
 
regards to the recent meeting between the United Nations,
 
Cyber Crimes Commission (CCc), Federal Bureau of
 
Investigation(FBI) and the United States Government to
 
restore the dignity and Economy ofa Nations based on the
 
Agreement with the World Bank Assistance Project to help
 
and make the world a better place. We have been having
 
meetings for the past 3 months with the Secretary General
 
of the United Nations.
 
 
This email come to those who are yet to receive their
 
compensation/inheritance/winnings and who have been scammed
 
in any part of the world, this includes every foreign
 
contractors that may have not received their contract sum,
 
and people that have had an unfinished transaction or
 
Compensation payments that failed due to Government
 
problems etc. Recently we the Federal Bureau of
 
Investigation(FBI) arrested internet fraudsters and Scammer
 
with large amount of money so if you are receiving this
 
email its means you where select to be compensated as a
 
scam victim among 100 selected victims with part of the
 
money recover from the internet fraudsters account, . The
 
UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate you with the sum
 
of $20,000.000.00 USD (TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS).
 
 
100 people where selected across the Globe for this MIDDLE
 
OF THE YEAR COMPENSATION and Your email was in the list
 
submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why
 
we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have
 
been signed, so you are advised to contact Mr. Daniel Jose 
 
of the United Nations Compensation Commission, as he is our
 
representative in United State Of America. Contact him
 
immediately for your Compensation payment of $20,000.000.00
 
USD (TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS) which will be released
 
directly to you in accordance with legal clearance and
 
procedures.
 
 
It is my pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number;
 
4000128498979908 have been approved in your favor. Your
 
Personal Identification Number is 6062. The ATM Card Value
 
is $20,000.000.00 USD (TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS) You are
 
advised that a most withdrawal value of $15,000.00 USD is
 
permitted on withdrawal per Day and we are duly Inter
 
Switch and you can make withdrawal in any Inter Switch site
 
and ATM Center of your choice.
 
 
However, you should send him your
Full Name/
Telephone Number/
your Residential Address/
Gender:
Occupation:
New email address for this safety of this transaction
Contact Mr. Daniel Jose immediately for your compensation
 
payment:
Mr. Daniel Jose
Director- General,
ATM Card Payment
Washington Field Office
Email: danieljosegtrbn@gmail.com
 
 
He is obliged to give you a call and treat your case with
 
utmost urgency as soon as you contact him and fill out your
 
correct details including all reachable phone numbers for
 
him to get in touch with you via phone and email.
 
 
NOTE: Under normal circumstances the collection of your ATM
 
CARD the IMF and the Finance Ministry insisted that you pay
 
for the DELIVERY FEE ONLY of your ATM CARD via western
 
union money transfer, which will cost you just $450 USD
 
only, the western union or Money Gram payment receipt of
 
$450 USD to the nominated courier company that will carry
 
out with the delivery to your door step to be documented in
 
your file as proof your collection. Ask Mr. Daniel Jose for
 
the instruction on how to send the delivery fee of $450 to
 
him, Please note that the delivery fee can not be deducted
 
from your ATM CARD due to the fact that no one has the
 
authority to unlucky and use your ATM CARD on your behalf
 
because you alone will be the one to first use the card for
 
the first withdrawal with your secret code.
 
 
We also advise that you stop further communications with
 
these imposters and forward any correspondence / proposal
 
you receive from them to Mr. Daniel Jose  in other for the
 
FBI to bring justice to them.
Good luck and kind regards,
Making the world a better place!
GOD BLESS USA.
REGARDS.

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