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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 Alex williams <pattypeter362@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: MR Alex williams <johnwilliams22353@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:10:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONTACT ATM DEPARTMENT


  CONTACT ATM DEPARTMENT
DEAR BENEFICIARY,
NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($8.5M) EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDREDTHOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIAPACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TOWITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THEMAXIMUM IS SEVEN THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY YOU WILL USE TOWITHDRAW YOUR MONEY PER DAY. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THISWAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING ATM CARD DEPARTMENT CENTER FOR THERELEASE YOUR ATM CARD TO YOU AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ASLISTED BELOW.
YOUR FULL NAME..................YOUR ADDRESS.......................YOUR COUNTRY.....................YOUR CITY......................YOUR AGE..........................YOUR OCCUPATION..................YOUR PHONE NUMBER..............
HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASEYOU EURO RE ATM PAYMENT CARD.CONTACT PERSON: MR Alex williamsDIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENTTELL: +229 68 34 80 51EMAIL :(johnwilliams22353@yahoo.com)
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENTAND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OROFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. NOTE THATBECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HERE BY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS(ATM-8411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARDCENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
REGARDS,ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT(johnwilliams22353@yahoo.com)

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