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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: <peterbrown3@UnitedNation459.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <atmcarddpayment112@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:08:28 -0800
Subject: REPLY ASAP.


DEAR Friend, NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($4.5M) FOUR MILLION FIVE=
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER A=
SIA PACIFIC,THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE T=
O WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE =
MAXIMUM IS THREE THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY YOU WILL USE TO WIT=
HDRAW YOUR MONEY DAY. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY, PLEA=
SE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING ATM CARD DEPARTMENT CENTER FOR THE RELEASE YOU=
R ATM CARD TO YOU AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW. =
YOUR FULL NAME............................. YOUR ADDRESS...................=
............ YOUR COUNTRY............................... YOUR AGE..........=
......................... YOUR OCCUPATION............................ YOUR =
PHONE NUMBER......................... HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PER=
SON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD. CONTACT PERSON: M=
R.VICK ALEX, DIRECTOR,ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT TEL: + 2348096564319 EMAIL: (a=
tmcarddpayment112@gmail.com) THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED =
TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WI=
TH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR =
PAYMENT. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS,WE HERE BY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF C=
ONDUCT,WHICH IS (ATM-8411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTIN=
G THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT. REGARDS, MR. CHRISTABEL BROW=
N.

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