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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: NATION WIDE BANK <info@atm.co.uk>
Reply-To: bartosteve101@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:45:07 -0300
Subject: ATM NOTIFICATION




NATION WIDE BANK
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
NATIONWIDE BANK PLC
23 CONWAY ROAD
COLWYN BAY LL29 7ABE
E-MAIL:bartostevepaydesk@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS SECTION

This is to officially inform you that
you are a winner=A0 of the NATION WIDE BANK WORLD WIDE PROMOTIONS
your email address was selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 2,500,000,000 email addresses of individuals world Wide

(ATM Card Number(5424180123456789)
has been accredited in your favor.Your Personal Identification Number is
5424. The ATM Card Value is 485,000.00 GBP.You are advice to contact the
COURIER with the information below.

FULL NAME: DELIVERY ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: COUNTRY: OCCUPATION: SEX: AGE:

Note: The only fees you have to pay to the courier company is the delivery
fee of 250.00GBP,contact COURIER as soon as possible to make
arrangement on how to deliver your ATM CARD.

Contact Person:STEVE FABIANS
+447024036904
Email:bartosteve101@gmail.com

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,
Mr. STEVE FABIANS
NATION WIDE BANK
LONDON

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