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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: "FROM THE PRESIDENT OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr_davidwilmffice009@live.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:34:20 -0700
Subject: THE PRESIDENT WINNING AWWARD...

Attn:


The new president and Senate House which you good,and to officially inform for
the lucky winner for the seventh month of this year 2010,
(ATM Card Number; 4278763100030014) has been accredited with your favor.Your
Personal Identification Number is 599.

The ATM Card Value is $6.8MILLION USD. You are advice to contact nigeria
senate president
David Mark via Email:(barr_davidwilmffice009@live.com) with the following
information's;

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

Please you are advice to call for more information on how to receive your
ATM CARD with this direct office cell number: +234-703-381-1353 or
+234-808-228-1535


Best Regards,

Senate president.
David Mark.

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