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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: "ATM CARD ACTIVATION COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drusman_2001@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:02:19 +0100
Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT ( SHOULD WE TRANSFER YOUR PAYMENT TO MISS LINDA ROSSEL)

DIRECTOR FOR FUNDS TRANSFER
ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
ADDRESS: 22 TINUBU SQUARE OFF V.ISLAND
LAGOS, NIGERIA
CONTACT NUMBER: +234-806-290-1370


ATTN: Dear Beneficiary, admin1 admin


Compliment of the day to you from our head office, Am writing to inform you that we recieved an urgent letter from the Nigerian Government regarding the transfer/payment of your due funds which is valued at the sum of $5million usd and we have been directed to act immediately towards this issue without any further delay to this process.

The reason why we are contacting you was because a lady by name Linda Rossel came to our office today with a written letter that we should approve the funds on your behalf to her as your representative, so please check and know if you send any body by that name to claim this funds on your behalf as we will facilitate the transfer of the funds to her within 5 days from now as we will believe that she was truely sent by you as the original beneficiary of this funds which is valued at the sum of $5million usd.

Your payment file was accessed today and we found out that your funds which is valued at the sum of $5million usd has not been paid yet because of lack of compliance with the directives as regards the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.

We have also contacted the ATM CARD COMPANY that issued the ATM CARD to you and they informed us that your ATM CARD can be activated online, this services enable you to make transfers or pay online bills from your computer at home direct to any bank account of your choice.

We also have a fast access delivery which means that your ATM CARD can be delivered to you upon 6hours after the delivery requirements has been acknowledged, so you will have to choose the option that you think will be the best for you and have it in mind that you have only 2 weeks to complete this process or the ATM CARD will be deactivated.

You are required to foward to us your full details as stated below if you do no advise us to transfer the funds onbehalf of Miss Linda Rossel.

Full Name:

Address:

Contact Number:

Age:

Occupation:

Country:

Marital Status:

I would also like to have your mobile number so that we can discuss all the details/updates on phone and that will make this pending transactions easy and fast

Best Regards
Dr Juliet Marble
Director For Funds Transfer
ATM CARD Payment Dept.

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