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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: Frank Edward <barristerbankunitedstates@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitedstatesgovernment93@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:49:02 +0100
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

International Monetary Fund
ADDRESS; 700 19th St NW, Washington, DC 30432, USA
Monday–Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (ET).
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays*: closed

FUND BENEFICIARY

This is a true compensation Approved from the UNITED NATIONS to
compensate you due to Victim of scam by wrong people who paraded them
selves on what they are not, so because of this, the United Nations
have approved $1,500,000.00 United States Dollar in your favor through
MASTER CARD in order to compensate you with the amount and you will be
making your withdrawals from the MASTER CARD, with minimum of
$5,000.00 (Five Thousand United States Dollar) per a day or every
24hrs from any ATM MACHINE around you. Your MASTER CARD will be
deliver to your address within 48 hours.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the NYS Senate
Internet Fraud Investigation Unit and other Security agencies from
Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America, Texas, Singapore,
Moldova, and the United States of America have successfully finalize
to Boost the Exercise of Clearing all Foreign Debts Owed to you who
have been found not to have received their Compensation Awards.

Please note that we are only using Usps Courier company, as it is the
only company that we signed a contract with, so we can actually
monitor the delivery, so many complaints are rising up every day,
concerning the inability of the young courier companies unable to make
deliveries, we have also learn that the DHL company asks for, IMF
fees, FBI fees.

My dear there is no such thing as that, the only payment that the
courier companies anywhere in the world asks of is just the delivery
fee and the security fee, which is very understandable, please you
have to be very careful in your dealings as there is no such thing as
IMF fee, or documents, the United Nations has warned all the security
agencies to desist from an illegal act, as this Fund is been sent to
you due to the rate of poverty,and no one has the power to stop your
delivery.

For Assurance Delivery to you, we will assign a special task force
team to follow up your delivery with the assigned Usps delivery agent
SO AS TO BE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PARCEL.

YOUR ATM CARD IS ALREADY ACTIVATE FOR YOUR WITHDRAWAL.

BELOW ARE YOUR MASTER CARD DATA :
AMOUNT CREDIT : USD$1,500,000.00 MILLION
YOUR ATM CARD ACCOUNT # :091305210128xxxx
CARD LIMIT PER A DAY : USD$5,000.00
EXPIRING DATE : 18/09/2021
PIN CODE # : 5075

ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE ONLY SERVICE FEE IS THE DELIVERY AND
SECURITY FEE WHICH IS JUST $25 ITUNES CARD NO ONE DARES TO ASK FOR ANY
MORE FEES.
IF ANYONE DOES, REPORT TO US IMMEDIATELY. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT THIS DELIVERY, YOU WILL BE SURPRISE ON HOW EVERYTHING
WILL WORK OUT ACCORDINGLY

{1}. Your Full Name with your complete receiving Address:
{2}. Your Cell Number:
(3). Occupation / Marital Status:
(3). Attached copy of your Valid ID

Once you send the above information, your MASTER CARD will be register
with Usps Courier company for delivery to your Address, and you will
go to any nearest ATM PAYING MACHINE and start your daily withdrawal.

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