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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: "LARRY WILSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmmastercard02@globomail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:39:50 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ATM DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR PAYMENT

ATTENTION......

We are very sorry for the delay.I know that you might have forgotten about this your outstanding fund due to our mistakeof our secretary delivery to you up till now.I am writing to inform you that your file was found in our office today and we discovered that your cheque of $2.5 Million united state dollars have not been sent to you as it was instructed by our late boss Mrs. Victoria Crawford.

We are very sorry for the mistake and the delay, please bear with us because the fault is from our former secretary who did not complete the instruction giving by our Boss.My dear, Note that your cheque has been converted into Master ATM Card to free it from Expiring. This is to tell you that the arrangement to deliver to you the $2.5 Million in ATM CARD is concluded today.

Now Your ATM CARD is well packaged with every legal documents to cover it form not having any problem with any Office Authority or with your Government of my country and we have deposit your ATM Card with the conclusion to deliver it to your home as soon as you contact them with you current information.

1. Your Full name,________________
2. Your home Address,______________
3. Your current telephone number,______
4 copy of your passport,_____________
5. Your age/sex,____________________
6. Your country,____________________
7. Your occupation,__________________

For your Information, We have paid for the delivery charges. Therefore you should please contact them now to avoid additional cost of demurrage , after 3days, it should be counting on demurrage.Therefore you should contact them immediately to avoid paying any demurrage or keeping fees to them , I deposited it Yesterday.so you should contact the ATM Center Director on this below E-mail.E-mail; (atmmastercard02@globomail.com)
Contact Person; Mr. Larry Wilson Tele Phone Number; +229-98724260

Please try to call him immediately to know when Your ATM CARD could be deliver to you.I wait for your update as soon as you have receive your ATM CARD Package.

Thank for your understanding
Yours sincerely
Mr.Godwin Onuoha

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