419 scam: "PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER"<lcd@finalcom.net> Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "international court of justice" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ahmedmahmoud00121219@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmedmahmoud00121219@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:36:28 -0800
Subject: Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

YOUR 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 and Asia with the help of the United States Government, United Arab Emirates Government, United Kingdom Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) including with the help of the Currency Transactions Reports (CTR) and Suspicious Transactions Reports (STR) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Financial Action Task Force (FATF). We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of African and Asian countries which includes (United Kingdom, India, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Court of Justice (ICJ) 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 Nation Anti-Crime Commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 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 scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated with the sum of $1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars Only).

We have also arrested some of those who claim that they are Barristers, Bank Officials, Lottery and Government Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist. Since your email address appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation funds, 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 $1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars Only) will be loaded into it, and deliver it to your postal address with the Pin Number, as to enable you withdrawal your funds from any ATM Machine anywhere in the world.

To issue the ATM Visa Card, you are therefore advised to contact the Visa Card Incorporation United Arab Emirates, this is so because Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and checks, and the Government choose them to payout all the compensation funds to the 100 Lucky beneficiaries. Please contact them now with the below contact details:

Dr Ahmed Mahmoud
Contact Email: ahmedmahmoud00121219@gmail.com
Director ATM VISA CARD Issuance Department
(Visa Incorporation UAE)

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 from any ATM Machine, but the maximum is $20,000 dollars per day because the Card has been upgrade. So if you like to receive your funds through this means you’re advised to contact (Dr Ahmed Mahmoud) with the following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card To or (P.O Box):
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Cell/Mobile Number:

Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the United State Government does not instruct any other Bank or agent in this payment except (Dr Ahmed Mahmoud), 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 to your payment.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions.

Yours in Services.
Mr Douglas Benteke
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
(FIU)

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