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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: Dike Pascal <king39843@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Dike Pascal <info@speedheightlog.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:43:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: RE: YOUR ARE THE RIGHT OWNER.




RE: YOUR ARE THE RIGHT OWNER.

How are you and how is your family.
We know you may see this massage and say, why are my the real owner of this ATM VISA CARD, well, you don't have to be surprised or wonder how it happened.
The (CBA) has issued this deal to us and the ATM VISA CARD has already been credit with the sum of $12.5 Million United State Dollars and your four (4) digit number will be given to you by the below person.

Name : Overall Dominic
Telephone: +22998616302
Occupation : Director
Office Name : speedheightlog Delivery service.
Country : Benin Republic

The speedheightlog Delivery service will send you the tracking code for the shipment of your ATM VISA CARD which will be send to you as soon as you will provide to them the below details of yours.

YOUR FULL NAME......
YOUR ADDRESS........
YOUR COUNTRY........
YOUR AGE............
YOUR OCCUPATION....
YOUR PHONE NUMBER..
YOUR PASSPORT :

The delivery company will make the delivery of your ATM VISA CARD which is there with them at the head office, and must be send to you as the owner of the card.

You may have gotten so many email or massages saying you have founds or money or even card, but we know many have not yet sent anything to you, this is the right place to get your ATM VISA CARD worth of 12.5 Million United State Dollars.
Once your details are sent to them, you will get your tracking number with the shipping billing details on where to send them the delivery fees before the ATM VISA CARD will arrives your city.

They will not be happy to face any customs or immigration problems while making the delivery, so make sure you comply with them if you really wish to get your ATM VISA CARD through them.

Regards
ATM VISA CARD CENTER BENIN (CBA)

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