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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 ANNA JOHNSON REPLY" <assimp@smabc.org.br>
Reply-To: "MRS ANNA JOHNSON REPLY" <ups.dc200@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:36:10 -0300 (BRT)
Subject:


To whom it may concern,

This will be the last notice to you in regards to your long awaiting ATM CARD deposited with UPS Courier Company here in Benin republic valued at $7.5 Million US Dollars only. You have 3 working days to comply with them by sending their security keeping fee of your ATM card or else, the card will be confiscated. The only fee you are going to send them is $185 only which is their security keeping fee of your ATM package. You can reconfirm your full details to the UPS Courier Company department through this email below:
(ups.dc200@gmail.com).
Contact person; Dr. James Long
Tel +229 9824 1557

I will be looking forward to hear from you soonest you received your ATM card.

Regards
Mrs. Billie Wood


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