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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: EMS OFFICE <emsofficee@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:55:08 +1400
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD ? IF YOU ARE NOT DEAD CONTACT HER IMMEDIATELY

ATTENTION:





I AM MR JAMES BLESSING WORKING WITH ATM BANK OFFICE ACOPY OF YOUR DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION ON DELIVERY.,
GOVERNOR,ATM CARD (BCEAO) . THE ATTACHED PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN M
OFFICE WHERE I WAS SERVING VERIFICATION DOCUMENTS

TO THE WHITE MEN MR GABRIEL EVANS AND MR ALAN MILLS WHO STORMED MY
OFFICE IN BANK OF THE BLAC GENTLEMAN (ON WHITE

AFRICAN ATTIRE). THE BLACK MAN MR PATRICK JOHNSON CLAIMED TO BE YOUR
REPRESENTATIVE AND THE SUPERVISORY ENGINEER THAT

SUPERVISED AND CERTIFIED YOUR MONEY EXECUTION THAT WAS SHIFTED FROM
THE PREVIOUS PAYING INSTITUTE TO THE ATM

COMPANY THEY SAID THAT YOU ARE DEAD AND BEFORE YOUR DEATH, YOU

APPOINTED THEM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO YOUR PAYMENT WITH REGISTRATION
NO; EG2272 ,SECURITY

CODE NO: 01721457 AND PACKAGE NO : JKT0014523 IN ATM VISA CARD
$1.5M PRESENTLY UNDER OUR CUSTODY THESE TWO WHITEMEN AND THE
BLACK GENTLEMAN QUICKLY APPLIED THAT YOUR

INHERITED FUND SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THEM AT THE SPOT. THE OFFICIAL
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF

CONSIGNMENT QUICKLY GRANTED APPROVALS TO THEIR APPLICATION AND
PACKAGED THE FUND FOR THEM TO GO WITH IT.



WHEN THE ATM COMPANY DEPATMENT(BCEAO) AIRWAY BILL NOTE WAS SUBMITTED
TO MY DESK FOR FINAL APPROVALS BEFORE

FORWARDING IT TO THEM FOR ENDORESMENT, I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE
DISCREPANCIES AS THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF

AUTHORISATION LETTER FROM YOU FOR THE CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY. I
URGENTLY SUMMONED THE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

PRESENTATION OF THE FUND AND DIRECTED HIM TO STOP THE MOVEMENT OF THE
FUNDS AND AT THE SAME TIME PLACED A STOP

ORDER INSTRUCTION ON THE FUNDS PENDING WHEN YOUR VIEWS AND COMMENTS
ARE RECEIVED WITH REGARDS TO THIS MATTER.

PLEASE STUDY THE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPH AND CALL ME URGENTLY FOR YOUR
COMMENTS WHICH WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED, BUT

WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO CONTINUE THE PAYMENT TRANSMISSION TO THEM IF
NO RESPONSE COMES FROM YOU.THAN I WILL NO THAT

WHAT THEIR SAID IS TRUTH. CONTACT MS RUTH MOORE AS YOUR SILENCE WILL
BE A CLEAR INDICATION THAT YOU AUTHORISED

THEM TO EFFECT THE ABOVE CHANGES THIS IS CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS
EMAIL:(officedeliverycompany@aol.com) CONTACT HER WITH THE


FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR PROPER VERIFICATION AND CLAIM PROCESSING:

FULL NAME:..................
DELIVERY ADDRESS:...........
COUNTRY:............
OCCUPATION:........
PHONE NUMBER:...........
FAX NUMBER:..........
AGE:......................
SEX:.................
NOTE:- YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO SEND ALONG A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION
WHICH CAN BE A SCAN COPY OF YOUR DRIVER'S

LICENSE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION ON DELIVERY.
HAVE A BLESSED DAY,

MR JAMES BLESSING

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