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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. William" <michaelpascal65@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pastorfrancis@barid.com
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 12:16:04 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend, your atm card.

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you & your Family, I wish to let you know that I have
waited for you for a very long time now to come down here and pick up
your fund but I did not hear from you till date, so then I went and
deposited the fund with the ECOBANK BENIN PLC.

They have arranged your payment through their Swift Card Payment
Centre Asia Pacific, this Swift Card Centre will send you an ATM Card
which you will use to withdraw your money from any ATM Machine in any
part of the world, but the maximum is $750.00 Per-hour and you can
withdraw $7,500.00 Per-day.

Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your ATM
Payment Card, with your information where you want them to send the
card to you.

1; Your Complete Names:
2; Your Contact Address:
3; Your current Mobile Numbers:
4; Your age:
5; Occupation:
6; A copy of your ID:

However, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release
your ATM Card.

Pastor Francis E. Onunwah
ECOBANK BENIN PLC
Director, ATM Payment Dept.
Carrefour Des 3 Banques - Avenue Jean Paul II,
01 BP 2020 Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Tel: +229 9325 9307
Email Contact: pastorfrancis@barid.com

Try to contact him as soon as possible to quicken the processing of
your ATM card before your card gets expired, also know that you will
be required to have the sum of $150 US dollars send to him for the
Affidavit of Ownership which he will procure on your behalf to
authorize him process Your ATM CARD, before sending it to you.

Let me know as soon as you receive your card.

Thanks
Mr. William.

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