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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: "Mrs.Antoinette Sayeh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johndara53@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 02:12:34 -0500
Subject: Attention Please Read Carefully.

Attention Please Read Carefully.

I am Mrs. Antionette Sayeh I.M.F West African Director. This is to officially inform you that ATM Card Valued $800,000.00 usd (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) has been issued as a compensation payment for all the short listed 2012/2013 scam victims whose email address was recovered during the recent internet probing and investigation process.

We the members of International Monetary Fund West African Region are very pleased to inform you that (ATM Card Number:4278763100030014 ) and the Security pin has been credited in your favor, your personal Identification Number is 822 which you have to forward to our agent for identification. The ATM Card value is (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Kindly note that this is legit and any act like this is very appreciated and will be well honoured, You are advice to contact Rev. John Dara for the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.

Contact Person : Rev. John Daramola
Telephone Number: +234-704-532-4942
Contact -Email : johndara53@gmail.com


Below are the vital information of yours needed for the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.

FULL NAME:......................................
DELIVERY ADDRESS:...............................
PHONE NUMBER:...................................
COUNTRY:........................................

Below is your ATM CARD information.

ATM Card Number: (4278763100030014)
Security Pin Code : 7546


The only money you have to send to Rev. John Daramola is the delivery charges of $310 usd for the delivery of your ATM CARD to your destination and note that you have to keep your ATM CARD information secret to avoid diverting/stealing of your money because we registered your ATM CARD as a parcel, You are advice to contact Rev. John Daramola for the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.


Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Antoinette Sayeh.

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