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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: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi <test@shyouth.net>
Reply-To: <sanusil.sanusi932@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:02:06 +0100
Subject: PLEASE RE-CONFRIM YOUR ATM PAYMENT DELIVERY DETAILS !!!

Attn: Dear ATM Card Beneficiary,

This is to congratulate you for scaling through the hurdles of screening by the board of directors of this payment task force. Your payment file was approved and the instruction was given us to release your payment and activate your ATM Card for use. The first batch of your card which contains US$1,550,000.00 Million U.S. DOLLARS has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the card. Your fund which is in total US$1,550,000.00 Million U.S. DOLLARS will come to you.

Your ATM Card would be sent to you via either UPS, FedEx or SPEEDWAY COURIER SERVICE (SCS), Because we have signed a delivery contract with them which would expire by 2nd of March, 2011. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website (www.ups.com) to confirm people like you who have received their ATM Card successfully.


JOHNNY ALMANTE ==============1Z2X59394198080570
GARY METZGER ==============1Z2X59394195952759
GLEN PAPANIKAS ==============1Z2X59394198690947

Good news, We wish to let you know that everything concerning your ATM CARD payment dispatch is ready in this office and we have a meeting
with the house (Federal government of Nigeria) we informed them That your fund should not cost you anything aside the delivery fee. Moreover, we have an agreement with them that you should pay only the delivery fee of your card which is only $95 U.S. DOLLARS by FedEx, UPS or SPEEDWAY COURIER SERVICE (SCS).


However, you have only but a few working days to send this $95 U.S. DOLLARS for the delivering of your card, if we don't hear from you with the payment information; the Government will cancel the card.


Please try and send the Delivery fee in the name of My Secretary Emeka Davidson Uche, Lagos-Nigeria, send it via Western Union Money Transfer or Moneygram and let me have the detail as soon as you send it. Please confirm your full details and by tomorrow your ATM Card will be delivered to you.


This is the paying information that you will use and send the Delivery fee through western union money transfer or moneygram below.


Receiver Name:
Address: Lagos Nigeria
Test Question: Urgent
Test Answer: Message
MTCN,,,,
Amount: $95 Dollars Only


I wait the payment information to enable us proceed for the delivering of your card. And when sending the payment information please send me your phone number, also reconfirm to us your full home address were to deliver the Card to avoid any mistake on the delivery.


Thank you and have a wonderful day.


Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Executive Governor CBN
Direct email:sanusil.sanusi932@gmail.com
TEL:+234-708-150-7079

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