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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: "Dr.Harrison Paul" <daygood355@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Dr.Harrison Paul" <atmvisacard19a@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:29:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES


 Compliment:I have contact delivery company?
How are you I hope all is well with you and your family. I know that you might have
forgotten about this your outstanding fund due to our mistake to delay the
delivery up till now. I am writing to inform you that your file was found
in our office today and we discovered that your cheque of $12.7 Million
united state dollars have not been sent to you as it was instructed by our
late boss Mrs. Victoria Crawford. We are very sorry for the mistake and the
delay, please bear with us because the fault is from our former secretary
who did not complete the instruction giving by our Boss. My dear, Note that
your cheque has been convert into Master ATM Card to free it from
Expiring. This is to tell you that the arrangement to deliver to you the
$12.7 Million in ATM CARD is concluded today.so please Accept my apologies ok

Now Your ATM CARD is well packaged with every legal documents to cover it
form not having any problem with any Office Authority or with your Federal
Government and we have deposit your ATM Card with the conclusion to
deliver it to your home as soon as you contact them with you current
information. which you will use to! !Draw Your money in any ATM machine
in any part of the world, but the maximum is Fifty thousand dollars per day
Confirm Your Atm Card Payment

1. Your Full name,__
2. Your home Address,__
3. Your current telephone number,__
4. A copy of your picture
5. Your age/sex,____
6. Your country,___
7. Your occupation,__
8Your nearest air-port

For your Information, We have paid for the delivery charge and the only fee
you have to pay is security keeping fee. Therefore you
should please contact them now for your delivery.

OK, I deposited it Today. My dear, you should
contact the ATM Center Director on this below

Contact Person; Mr.Ahmed Yaki
Tel Phone Number; +229 989 99 142
E-mail. ( atmvisacard19a@gmail.com )
E-mail. ( mr.ahmed_yaki19@yahoo.com.tw )

Please try to call him immediately to know when Your ATM CARD could be
deliver to you. I wait for your update as soon as you have receive your ATM
CARD Package.
Thanks and God Bless You.
Yours sincerely
Dr.Harrison Paul

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