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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: GOODLUCKY JONATHAN <jonathan_92_6955@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jonathan_92_29@live.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:24:19 +0000
Subject: ATM CARD NUMBER IS::::::::::::::::::::: :637 955 331 3000 049 772









FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
HIS EXCELLENCY DR.GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN

PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN ASO ROCK VILLA
BENIN
REPUBLIC
E-MAIL ADDRESS== jonathan_92_29@live.com
DATE:-...30/06/2011.E-MAIL: jonathan_92_29@live.com


MOTTO: NO BODY IS ABOVE THE LAW!!!

KIND ATTENTION .


DEAR FRIEND READ TO YOUR
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO THIS TO YOU TO MARK MY SECOND TENURE
AFTER OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAST WEEK SUNDAY.

THANK YOU FOR NOTIFYING THIS DEPARTMENT THAT YOU
DIDN'T AUTHORIZE THIS IMPOSTOR NAMED TO ACT AND RECEIVE YOUR ATM MASTER CARD
VALUED US$9.8M ON YOUR BEHALF FROM THIS HONORABLE COMMISSION JUST AS THEY
CONFIRMED FROM (A.I.T) AFRICA INDEPENDENT TELEVISION THIS
MORNING.

FURTHERMORE, WE ARE GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE IN A GOOD HEALTH
STATE/ALIVE AND NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR HEALTH AND OTHERWISE.

BEFORE
I PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO URGENTLY CLARIFY AND ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS NOT A
JOKE OR ANY KIND OF GAMES THAT HAS TO DO WITH FRAUD OR IDENTITY
THEFT BECAUSE THE SAID WINNING CONTRACTUAL APPROVED SUM IS IN EXISTENCE
AND IN YOUR NAME, READY TO BE RELEASED TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS LEGAL METHOD OF PAYMENT. I REPEAT, THIS IS REAL, GENUINE AND
ABOVE ALL, LEGAL AND 100% RISK FREE FINANCIALLY FROM YOUR SIDE, BECAUSE EVERY
INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE AND IN THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE AS CONFIRMED BY THE
DELIVERY COMPANY,SENT TO YOU OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE ARE NOTHING BUT ABSOLUTE
TRUTH.

TO
THIS EFFECT, BE INFORMED THAT THE EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM THIS MISCREANT HAS
ALREADY BEEN DIRECTED TO THE APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION UNIT OF THIS COMMISSION
FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION ON HOW TO GET THEM ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED FRAUD AND
WITH THE HELP/INVOLVEMENT OF THE INTERPOL AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION (FBI) IN THIS PURSUIT TO ERADICATE SCAMMERS/CHEATS/FRAUDSTERS OUT
OF THE SURFACE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, I AM CONFIDENT TO TELL YOU THAT VERY
SHORTLY, YOU WILL HEAR OF THE ARREST OF THIS HOODLUM.

MEANWHILE, THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE FOR YOUR PERUSAL AND
IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT OF YOUR ATM CASH PAYMENT CARD TO YOUR DOOR STEP SO AS TO
EXPEDITE YOUR COMPLIANCE:-

(1). YOUR ATM CARD NUMBER
IS::::::::::::::::::::: :637 955 331 3000 049 772

(2). YOUR ATM
ACTIVATION CODE NUMBER IS::::::::::::::::::::::: 401202

(3). YOUR
ATM CARD PIN NUMBER IS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
XXXX

(4). YOUR CARD ISSUED DATE IS::::::::::::::::::::::::31/
05/11

(5). YOUR CARD EXPIRY DATE IS:::::::::::::::::::::::::8/
6/14

(6). CARD SHIPMENT DATE::::::::::::::::::::::::
03/6\11

(7). CARD AARIVAL DATE::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::04/06/11

(8). SPECIAL ANTI FRAUD UNIT SCREENED NUMBER
IS::::::::::::SAFUCN2244923NG

(9). FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (F.M.F)
APPROVAL NUMBER IS::::::::::::FMF11

NOTE: YOU
ARE ADVISED TO CHANGE YOUR SECRET PIN AND PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY THE CARD ARRIVES
YOUR DOORSTEP ON THE DATE 04/06/2011 AND TIME GIVEN ABOVE.

MEANWHILE,
BECAUSE OF THE VITAL INFORMATION BOTH SIDES OF THE CARD CONTAINS ON HOW TO
CHANGE YOUR PIN, ACTIVATE THE CARD AND THEN FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE
USE OF THE CARD FOR CASH WITHDRAWALS AT ANY ATM CASH PAYMENT
POINT/CENTER/MACHINES, WE ARE UNABLE TO SEND SCAN COPY OF IT TO YOU VIA EMAIL TO
AVOID ANY ILLEGAL FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES ON YOUR PART WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT BY
INTERNET SPAMMERS/HIJACKERS, BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR
ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INTENTIONALLY DONE.

HOWEVER, TO
ENABLE THIS COMMISSION FACILITATE ONE TIME SHIPMENT AND PROMPT DELIVERY OF THIS
CARD TO YOUR DESIGNATED ADDRESS WITHIN LESS THAN 48HRS AS MANDATED/SCHEDULED
THROUGH (SPEED LINK COURIER SERVICE DELIVERY COMPANY), AN EXPRESS
DELIVERY COST OF US$52.00 ONLY, IS REQUIRED FROM YOU TO ENHANCE
SHIPMENT/DELIVERY, OF THIS CARD TO YOUR DOORSTEP WITHOUT ANY HITCH AND
DELAY.

HOWEVER, KINDLY USE THE WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER (WU) RECEIVER'S DETAILS BELOW TO EFFECT THIS FEE OF $52.00 AS SOON AS
YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTIFICATION RESPONSE TODAY SO AS TO FACILITATE SHIPMENT OF
YOUR ATM CARD TO YOUR DOORSTEP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE:-

NAME::::::::::::::: AMEKE
MICHAEL.

ADDRESS::::::::::::::::PLOT 12/14, OREMEJI STREET, BENIN
REPUBLIC
CITY:::::::::::::::::::::::::::COTONOU
TEXT
QUESTION:::::::::::::WHAT FOR?
TEXT
ANSWER::::::::::::::::SERVICE
AMOUNT::::::::::::::::US$52. 00 ( FIFTY
TWO DOLLARS) ONLY.
MTCN :::::::::::::::

AS SOON AS THIS FEE IS
EFFECTED TO THE SHIPPING COMPANY'S RECEIVER'S INFORMATION ABOVE, YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US WITH THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT COMPLIANCE PICK UP DETAILS FOR
CONFIRMATION TO HELP US INSTRUCT THE SHIPPING COMPANY TO PROCEED WITH SHIPMENT
OF YOUR CARD TO ITS DESTINATION COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY AND THEN QUICKLY FURNISH YOU
WITH THE LABEL RECEIPT TRACKING NUMBER, TO ENABLE YOU TRACK STATUS OF THE
SHIPMENT AND ITS SAFETY ARRIVAL TO YOUR DOORSTEP WITHIN 24HRS
RESPECTIVELY:-

(1). MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER
(M.T.C.N).

(2). SENDER'S NAME & ADDRESS.

AS SOON AS I
RECEIVE THESE DETAILS FROM YOU AND THE SENT FEE CONFIRMED, WE WILL NOT HESITATE
TO AUTHORIZE IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT OF YOUR ATM CARD TO IT'S COUNTRY/STATE LOCATION
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.


NB:
IF WE DON'T HEAR BACK FROM YOU WITHIN LESS THAN 24HRS, WE WOULD ASSUMED THAT YOU
GOT THIS NOTIFICATION RESPONSE AND THEN IGNORED IT, AS A RESULT, WE WILL NOT
HESITATE TO SUSPEND FURTHER SHIPMENT OF THIS CARD TO YOU UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.


THANKS FOR YOUR
ANTICIPATED COOPERATION IN THIS REGARDS.
YOURS
FAITHFULLY
BEST REGARDS,

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

HIS EXCELLENCY DR.GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN

PRESIDENT BENIN REPUBLIC ASO ROCK
VILLA BENIN REPUBLIC
REF NO:...PDSN/OSI/OO2/
DSF2011

E-MAIL ADDRESS== jonathan_92_29@live.com

DATE:-...30/06/2011.

E-MAIL: jonathan_92_29@live.com

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