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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: Western Union <taxrrevenueidaho@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officeusawesternunion@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:39:00 +0100
Subject: Re: Dear Esteemed Customer!

FROM THE DESK OF JAMIE DIMON JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NY USA
270 PARK AVENUE, 39TH FLOOR NEW YORK, 10017
REF: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF $18.400, 000.00

Attention:

I'm Jamie Dimon from JP Morgan Chase Bank NY USA. I want to inform you that
during the joint meeting held by the European union (E.U), African Union
(A.U), United Nations (U.N) and ad-hoc executive committee on lottery
winnings contract and inheritance fund payment. We discovered with dismay
that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by the Africa corrupt
officials who have been using your payment transaction as an avenue to
extort bogus fees from you. to forestall this, your full payment of eighteen
million four hundred thousand United State dollars $18,400,000.00 has been
irrevocably released to you in the form of ATM Card and this will enable you
have instant access of your fund. also with the ATM Card you will be able to
transfer your funds to your local bank account. the ATM Card comes with a
handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it

This payment includes every foreign contractor that may have not received
his or her contract sum and people that had an unfinished transaction,
people who have inheritance to claim or international businesses that failed
due to inability of government in some part of world.

It is my pleasure to inform you that ATM Card number: 5321 9111 8765 8115
have been approved in your favor, the ATM Card value is $18,400,000 usd
(eighteen million four hundred thousand united state dollars) you are
advised that a maximum withdrawal is $10,000.00 usd is permitted on
withdrawal per day and are duly inter switch so you can make withdrawal at
any ATM machine center of your choice around the world.

Your new payment, US government approval no; un5685p, white house
approved no: wh44cv, reference no.-35460021, allocation no: 674632 password
no: 339331, pin code no: 55674 and your certificate of merit payment no: 103,
released code no: 0763; immediate federal reserve bank telex confirmation
no: -1114433; secret code no: xxtn013, having received these vital payment
number, therefore you are qualified now to received and confirm your ATM
Card with our delivery department within the next 48hrs.

You're required to bear the cost of your ATM Card courier fee as stipulated
by the auditors, the auditors declined reverse delivery payment, (no more
C.O.D for shipments) that if a reverse delivery payment is made, and
something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the delivery company 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 had come
to an agreement with the auditors that you shall be the one to take the sole
responsibility for the delivery fee of your $18,400,000 usd ATM Card to your
address as reverse payment is ruled out.

Your ATM Card delivery will only cost you the sum of $158 usd (24hrs
overnight
delivery). Based on the above reasons, we have concluded delivery arrangement
with First Flight, in view of the above development, you are
requested to immediately
pay the delivery cost through the agent given payment instruction below. your
ATM Card will deliver to you as soon as the $158 courier fee is paid
within 24hrs.

Urgently send the above payment via iTunes card, also forward your
correct delivery address where you want the ATM Card to be deliver as the
United Nations and Jp Morgan Chase Bank will not be held responsible for any
mistake in delivering your $18,400,000.00 usd to you.

You are advised to urgently send the $158 usd courier fee today so that
the courier company will proceed with the delivery of your ATM Card
immediately. if your delivery fee is received today, your $18,400,000 usd
ATM Card will leave to your destination first thing tomorrow morning and
will get to you within 24hrs; this means that if you send the $158 delivery
fee today, you will receive your $18,400,000 usd ATM Card tomorrow since it
is an overnight/24hrs delivery.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR. JAMIE DIMON
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NY USA

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