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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. Kevin Kahawa" <k.marcel97259339@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officeofpaymaster@linuxmail.org
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:09:58 +0000
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary,

Dear Fund Beneficiary.


We wish to announce to you that one of our big customers sent some
huge amount of money in your name for the settlement of your long
awaited funds. This amount is valued at Forty Nine Million Five
Hundred Thousand US.Dollars 49,500,000.00(Fourty Nine Million Five
Hundred Thousand US.Dollars). Also following the protest of the
International Community, The World Bank, IMF and the instruction by
the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces (President
Uhuru Kenyatta ) that all outstanding foresight debts especially next
of kin,Lottery Winnings and Contract payments should be released to
beneficiaries forthwith unconditionally.

To this regards we have opened up an escrow account for this payment
process, and have arranged your funds for immediate payment to you
forthwith and unconditionally
we have taking all this strict measures to safeguard the amount
involved so that no other person can have access to this funds except
you and we shall transfer the
money to your account immediately,as we have been instructed to make
sure that this payment gets to you forthwith and unconditionally.

Be informed that you have been approved to receive payment and that we
have scheduled three payment channels to handle this bulky payment to
you,you are to choose from
the below 4 lists payment procedure which you will like to receive this payment.

1. We can convert the funds to an A.T.M and send to your address , if
you choose this payment process, then confirm your address where you
want the A.T.M card sent
to,as soon as the A.T.M card is sent we shall send you the tracking
number so that you will know when exactly the card will reach you.

2.(Bank Of America counter payment)In this process you can go to any
Bank Of America location fill out a withdrawal slip with the encrypted
details we shall send to
you and withdraw your money in cash. Note , that the maximum
transaction permitted in the above account on a daily bases is only
$15,000.000 if this amount is exceeded
,then your account will be freezes inline with the Bank Of America
Banking Policy Rules And Regulation

3.Online banking payment procedure ,In this process an online account
will be set up for you with our sister bank in the U.S.A,and the whole
funds will be deposited
into this account,after that you will be provided with the bank login
details so that you can login into the bank website and then transfer
to any account of your
choice while sitting back home on your PC(personal computer),in this
process you can transfer a dailiy limit of $200,000.00 on a daily
bases and more depending on the
limit your account can receive on a daily bases,this amount can be
increased after the first transfer.

4.Direct Bank to bank transfer from our local bank here in Kenya, our
other bank the Central bank Of Kenya, Once money is transferred we
shall send you the
payment slip for you to go to your account and confirm it,the maximum
paid in this process is(US$250,000.00) It is very important for you to
note that before any of this payment process can be attempted you need
to pay for a release order certificate which costs only $98 .So before
any of this money can be released to you must provide a release order
certificate this document cost only $98,and you have to send by
Western Union Money Transfer with the below information, Note If you
have be block to send through Western Union or Ria, Just use the $100
and Buy Itunes Card and SCRATCH it and send us Picture, Then we can
get the $100 eith the Itunes Card $100.

Kindly find below the information to send the $100

Receiver’s name: Joyce Munyiva Mwikali
Country:Kenya
City: Nairobi
Amount:$100.00

As soon as you send the fees email the M.T.C.N Number city and Country
where money was sent from so that we can commence the payment process
immediately.

By doing this ,there will be no way for you to tell any stories or
complain that you did not receive your funds,because if you fail to
receive your fund this final
time it is your fault ,as the funds has totally been placed under your
power and control,as you will confirm the funds under 48 hours as soon
as you pay for the
release order certificate,and please bear it in mind that this is the
only certificate you need to obtain.

All you need to do at this moment is to Obtain your release order
certificate which we will issue to you immediately as soon as you send
the $98 ,so that we can
confirm that you are the final benefactor as soon as you provide this
certificate we shall release your funds to you immediately ,in
alternative . Be made aware of the
fact that this is the last payment for this year,if you do not receive
your funds now then be informed that you might not receive it again or
it has to be postponed
until the next quarter which is September next year ,and before then
your payment might be tampered with or your payment files misplaced
making you spend unnecessary
money . As a paying institution we advice you take advantage of this
payment because you might never have such an opportunity again, as the
payment has been upgraded
to our servers so that you can finally have your funds without any
further hindrance delay or Bank Protocol.

The required certificate that will enable you obtain your funds can be
obtained from us ,this certificate cost $98 only,you are to proceed to
a Western Union agent to
send the fees as soon as you receive this email so that we can issue
the document immediately release funds through any of the payment
procedures you choose, as this
is the only way that this document can be obtained because of the
urgency of this matter You are to follow his advice strictly if you
want to receive your funds, note that we are very busy people and if
we notice any UN-seriousness in you we might be forced to abandon your
transaction.Your are also to respond to this email with with your full
name,telephone,occupation,position at work,fax ,telephone ,mobile
number and attached with a copy of your Id, because if your data is
not complete we shall not respond to your communications.

Note:That This is the only requirement that is needed for you to start
accessing and controlling your funds finally. We wait for you to
acknowledge our mail and don;t
forget to send the fees $98 to the above information for the RELEASE
ORDER CERTIFICATE and email us the M.T.C.N number and a scanned copy
of the Western Union slip for
record and reference purposes when responding to his email to enable
us release your long awaited funds to you.

Finally be informed that you have only but 24Hours from today to
obtain the document and do the first transaction from , failure to
comply with this instruction will
result to us abandoning your transaction and the funds returned to
where they are coming from .

Please do not bother responding to this email if you can not meet the
requirements,as any email receive that is not in accordance with our
demands will be totally

disregarded.

Sincerely.


Mr.Kevin Kahawa (DL)
FROM OFFICE OF THE PAYMASTER

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