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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: Mr Jude Uba <efile_offic@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: atmcard541@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:36:22 +0800 (CST)
Subject: DELIVERY OF ATM CARD AND IT IS URGENT









































































































 



HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND ,
  
 NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ( $7.5MILLION USD)THROUGH
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM
CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF
THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS FIFTEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES
DOLLARS PER DAY.SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET ME
KNOW BY CONTACTING BANK OF AFFRICA ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.
  
 1.FULL NAME...........
 2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM
CARD...........
 3.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER...........
 4.FAX PHONE...............
 5YOUR AGE AND CURRENT
OCCUPATION............
 6.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR
IDENTIFICATION............
 
 HOWEVER,KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS
IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD. BAR.JOHN DIKE DIRECTOR GENERAL,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT EMAIL:  
atmcard541@yahoo.com
   THE ATM CARD PAYMENT
CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY
FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES
IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

Yours in
service


Mr JUDE UBA  +229 68 40 99 49
 atmcard541@yahoo.com      ] EMAIL
ANDESSS


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