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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: "donarld koka" <mrdonarldkoka1@gala.net>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:22:46 -0700
Subject: ANTI TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION.


ANTI TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington D.C
Tel: 1-206-666-6052 or 206-350-2807
Fax: Tel: 1-206-666-6052 or 206-350-2807

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to Officially Inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly Investigated by the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network
System that you are having a Legal transaction with one personnel of the
republic of Nigeria. During our Investigation, it came to our notice that
the reason why you have not received your payment is because you did not
fulfill your complete Financial Obligation giving to you in respect to your
Contract.


So therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance in Nigeria
on your behalf and they gave a solution to your problem by arranging a
compensation payment in total sum of $800,000.00 USD in an internationl
certified ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money anywhere in the
world, hence you now have the lawful right to claim your fund in the ATM
CARD by contacting the ATM CARD CENTRE.

Proceed and contact the ATM CARD CENTRE for their requirements to procure
your Approval Slip which contains details of your PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER (PIN) that you would use in activating and operating your ATM CARD in
any ATM Machine close to you, please note that to procure your Approval Slip
it would cost you $97.00 only, Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is
involved in this transaction, you are rest assured that this transaction is
100% risk free so do contact the ATM CARD CENTRE to let you know how to make
payment for the procurement of your Approval Slip which is the only payment
needed for the processing and delivery of your ATM CARD respectively to your
designated address. Please reconfirm the required information below for the
effective
delivery of your ATM CARD.

Full names.
Complete contact/delivery address.
contact phone/fax numbers.

Also below are the contact details of the ATM CARD official for you to
proceed immediately to procure your Approval Slip containing your PERSONAL
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN)

CONTACT DETAILS:
Name : Donarld koka
Email: Antitermondivatm@sify.com.

We do await your quick response earnestly so we can proceed with our
Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you accordingly
without delays.
Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.
Hope to hear from you soonest.

Sincerely,

FBI Director.

Robert S. Mueller.

Note: Disregard any email you get from impostors or offices claiming to be
in possesion of your ATM CARD, you are advised only to be in contact with
Mr.Donarld Koka of the ATM CARD CENTER who is the rightful person you are
suppose to deal with regarding your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any email
you get from impostors to this office so we could act on it for subsequent
investigation.

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