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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: HON DAVID DANIEL <mrmschris91@gmail.com>
Reply-To: HON DAVID DANIEL <hondaviddaniel098@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 21:13:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Call me on +22968323293 for confirmation


Greetings Esteem Beneficiary.
My name is Hon David Daniel, FROM SKY COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY,
I wish to emphasize you about your New ATM MASTER CARD which worth the amount of $15,000,000.00 US DOLLARS that was registered in our office since January 15th of this year 2015 the NEW MASTER CARD (Africard) is a debit card variant denominated in any pre-funded and re-loadable. It is internationally accepted in all Visa acceptance points (ATM, PoS & Web) Card holders do not need to have an account to make use of the ATM Master card
Note we shall request your mutual co-operation in effective communication and timely adherence to our operating instructions
All charges has been paid and your document has been issued except the dispatch and insurance of your MASTER CARD, you have to pay for the dispatch and insurance of your NEW ATM MASTER CARD so as to avoid loss, theft or damage while the CARD is on transit to your address

As soon as the above requested payment is received we assure you of the immediate processing and dispatch of your programmed CARD with maximum value of your funds to your designated delivery address
Once the fee for the dispatch and insurance is paid we will issue you the SKY COURIER tracking number which will enable you to online track the movement of your ATM MASTER CARD package while on transit to your address and you will know when it arrives to country

Telephone: +22968323293

So contact us with re-confirmation of your full details. Once we receive your response you shall be inform on how much the dispatch and insurance will cost to obtain okay

Please Reconfirm your complete details for confirmation
Full name:
delivery address:
City/State:
Country:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Passport ID Card for identification for the delivery

Hon. David Daniel

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