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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: "Mrs. Venessa Johnson (UN Agent)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dbfile11011@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:28:24 -0700
Subject: Re: YOUR PAYMENT.


UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES,
INTERNAL AUDIT, MONITORING, CONSULTING AND INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.

FROM: MRS. VENESSA JOHNSON.
UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING OFFICER.

HELLO FUND BENEFICIARY $1.5M ,

I AM MRS. VENESSA JOHNSON OF THE UNITED NATIONS FUND MONITORING DIVISION.

YOUR INHERITED PART PAYMENT OF $1.5M IS NOW READY AND HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO MR. CHIM OF THE DEBT SETTLEMENT FOR RELEASE OF PAYMENT TO YOU.

OUR MONITORING TEAM HAVE EARLIER TRIED TO NOTIFY YOU REGARDING THE APPROVED PART PAYMENT WITHOUT SUCCESS, THE UNITED NATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORLD BANK AUDITORS HAS CONSTITUTE THIS TEAM BASED ON SERIES OF PETITIONS RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN CONTRACTORS, INHERITANCE BENEFCIARIES, LOTTERY WINNERS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGO) ON THE INABILITY OF SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BANKS TO SETTLE CLIENTS FUND CLAIM/PAYMENTS DUE TO ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

OUR TEAM ARE CURRENTLY IN AFRICA AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BANK AUDITORS IN NEW YORK DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAIN FROM BENEFICIARIES AGAINST GOVERNMENT OF COUNTRIES IN AFRICA ON DELAY OF FOREIGN PAYMENTS IN WEST AFRICA.
FROM OUR RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING FUND BENEFICIARIES DUE FOR PAYMENT, YOUR NAME WAS DISCOVERED IN OUR PAYMENTS SYSTEM DATABASE (PSDB) AS HAVING AN ABANDONED/DENIED FUND PAYMENT THAT EMANATED FROM LATE ENGR. NEWMAN.

WE ARE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FINDING, RECONCILING AND RELEASING OF ALL FOREIGN PAYMENTS (LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE FUNDS) BELONGING TO FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES.
OUR TEAM HAVE MET WITH THE APEX BANK OFFICIALS WHO CLAIMED IGNORANT OF THESE DELAY IN RELEASING FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES FUNDS IN WHICH YOU ARE AMONG, THEY HAVE PROMISE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND OTHER FUND BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENTS WITHIN THE NEXT 48HRS.
THE BANK TEAM HAVE COMMENCE PAYMENT OF $1.5M TO ALL SHORTLISTED BENEFICIARIES IN WHICH YOU ARE AMONG.
OUR TEAM HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVE OF PAYING PART PAYMENT TO ALL SHORTLISTED BENEFICIARIES DUE TO REPORT AVAILABLE TO US TO AVOID ANY FURTHER DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT.

KINDLY ACCEPT OUR APOLOGY FOR THE DELAY AND ALL YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH TRYING TO RECEIVE THESE PAYMENT IN THE PAST, WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT THIS FUND HAS NOT BEEN RELEASE TO YOU AFTER APPROVAL OF YOUR PAYMENT WERE SUBMITTED AND REMITTANCE APPROVED TO YOU, PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY.

OTHER BENEFICIARIES ON THE LIST HAVE STARTED CLAIMING THEIR FUNDS WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL, AFTER OUR PAYMENT RECONCILIATION REVIEW WITH THE APEX BANK AUDITORS, THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PAYMENT WERE APPROVED AND HANDED OVER TO MR. CHIM OF THE DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION WITH A PART PAYMENT OF $1.5M APPROVED TO YOU VIA ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR EASY DELIVERY TO YOU, THE $1.5M HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND PROGRAMMED IN YOUR NAME WITH ATM CARD# 5988 2414 7616 3496 AND HAS BEEN PACKAGED FOR DELIVERY TO YOU; THE ATM CARD HAS NOT BEEN DELIVER TO YOUR ADDRESS BECAUSE THE DELIVERY AGENT IS AWAITING YOUR COURIER/DELIVERY FEE TO DELIVER THE ATM CARD PACKAGE TO YOUR DESTINATION ADDRESS AS PLAN.

THE ATM CARD IS NOT A CREDIT CARD, IT IS AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE CARD (ATM CARD) WHICH WORK IN ALL BANKS WITH DULY INTER-SWITCH AND THE FUNDS CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE CARD IF YOU WISH TO. THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WITH THE WORLD BANK GROUPS AND IMF (INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUND) HAS ADOPTED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE OWING TO VARIOUS COMPLAINS/PETITIONS RECEIVED FROM BENEFICIARIES DUE TO THE DELAYS IN RECEIVING THEIR INHERITANCE FUND AS EXPECTED, IT WAS ALSO ADOPTED TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS AS WELL AS FRAUD PERPETRATION.

YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW USD10,000.00 PER DAY FROM YOUR ATM CARD IN ANY ATM MACHINE CENTER OF YOUR CHOICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD OR OPTIONAL AS SOON AS YOU GET THE ATM CARD, YOU CAN DEPOSIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE ATM CARD INTO YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT WITH YOUR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION OR PASSPORT ID.

KINDLY FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW TO USE YOUR ATM CARD:

INSERT YOUR CARD INTO ANY ATM MACHINE, THEN ENTER THE ATM PIN CODES WHICH WILL BE ISSUED TO YOU ON THE ATM CARD BROCHURE THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU DURING THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD PACKAGE, THE ATM WILL DISPLAY A SCREEN SHOWING THE SERVICES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED, WHICH INCLUDES WITHDRAWAL, INQUIRY AND PIN CHANGE, YOU WILL BE REQUESTED TO SELECT WITHDRAWAL WITH THE AMOUNT TO BE WITHDRAW WHICH MUST NOT EXCEED USD10,000.00 PER DAY AS EARLIER INSTRUCTED.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE COST OF YOUR ATM CARD COURIER FEE AS STIPULATED BY THE AUDITORS, THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR $1.5M PROGRAMMED ATM CARD IS LABELED AS A "NON FRAGMENTED BOND" AND IS PROTECTED BY A HARDCOVER BOND POLICY BY THE AUDITORS WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEDUCT THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR ATM CARD FROM THE APPROVED $1.5M PROGRAMMED ATM CARD BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU.

FURTHERMORE, THE BANK AUDITORS DECLINED REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT, (NO MORE C.O.D FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS) THAT IF A REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT IS MADE, AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THAT WE/YOU CANNOT SUE THE DELIVERY AGENT TO RECOVER THE FULL VALUE OF THE FUND AS STIPULATED IN THE ATM CARD SINCE PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY WAS NOT MADE AT POINT OF MAILING, SO FOR THIS REASONS, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUDITORS THAT YOU SHALL BE THE ONE TO TAKE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE PAYMENT IS RULED OUT.

I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE, SO I WOULD ADVISE YOU URGENTLY SEND THE $198 COURIER FEE TODAY SO THAT THE COURIER AGENT WILL PROCEED ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD BEFORE I LEAVE, IF YOUR DELIVERY FEE IS RECEIVED TODAY, YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD WILL LEAVE TO YOUR DESTINATION FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL GET TO YOU WITHIN 48HRS, THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU SEND THE $198 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR $1.5M ATM CARD NEXT TOMORROW SINCE IT IS AN OVERNIGHT / 24HRS DELIVERY.

BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONS, THE DISPATCH OFFICER HAVE CONCLUDE DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DELIVERY AGENT, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY PAY THE DELIVERY COST THROUGH THE AGENT GIVEN PAYMENT INSTRUCTION IN NIGERIA AS STATED BELOW:

DELIVERY COST: $198 (24HRS/OVERNIGHT DELIVERY)

THE OFFICER IN CHARGE WHOSE NAMES YOU WILL BE SENDING THE DELIVERY FEE IS MR. OLUMIDE OWOSENI IN NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THE ABOVE $198 COURIER FEE TODAY VIA WESTERN UNION TRANSACTION IN THE NAME OF THE DISPATCH OFFICER ( OLUMIDE OWOSENI ) CURRENTLY IN NIGERIA AS DIRECTED BELOW AND FORWARD A COPY OF THE WESTERN UNION TRANSACTION RECEIPT DETAILS TO ME AND A COPY TO MR. CHIM OF THE DEBT SETTLEMENT OFFICE FOR IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION & DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU, ALSO FORWARD TO MR. CHIM YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THE ATM CARD DELIVERED TO ENABLE HIM HANDLE & COORDINATE YOUR DELIVERY EFFECTIVELY TO AVOID ANY MISTAKE DURING DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.

HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE $198 COURIER FEE.

RECEIVER NAME: OLUMIDE OWOSENI

STATE: ABUJA

COUNTRY: NIGERIA

TEST QUESTION: COLOR

TEST ANSWER: BLUE

AMOUNT: $198

AFTER PAYING THE FEES VIA WESTERN UNION , KINDLY FORWARD RECEIPT DETAILS OF THE WESTERN UNION PAYMENT TRANSACTION (1. SENDER'S NAME, SENDER’S PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS, 2. WESTERN UNION MTCN CONFIRMATION NUMBER OF THE PAYMENT, 3. TEXT QUESTION & ANSWER IF ANY) AS INSTRUCTED TO MY EMAIL AND A COPY OF THE RECEIPT DETAILS TO MR. CHIM (DEBT SETTLEMENT OFFICER) VIA BELOW EMAIL CONTACT FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.

FORWARD THE $198 COURIER PAYMENT DETAILS TO MR. CHIM VIA BELOW EMAIL CONTACT.

CONTACT MR. CHIM E., DEBT SETTLEMENT OFFICER
CONTACT EMAIL: DEBTCONSULTT1@YAHOO.COM

ATTACHED IS MY IDENTIFICATION FOR RECORD PURPOSE.

I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION AS SOON AS YOU SEND HIM THE COURIER FEE.

SINCERELY YOURS,

MRS. VENESSA JOHNSON,
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT.
FORWARD TRANSACTION DETAILS TO MR. CHIM'S EMAIL : DEBTCONSULTT1@YAHOO.COM

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