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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: "FROM BARRISTER MR.KELVIN F GIULIANO JR" <office.file.69@mail.ru>
Reply-To: "FROM BARRISTER MR.KELVIN F GIULIANO JR" <bankof.africa42@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:08:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good News Beneficiary: The ATM Card worth of $3.500.000.00


Attention Beneficiary:

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your fund transfer through OUR BANKING WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER network, we have credited your total $3.500.000.00 u.s dollar's legitimate Funds into an ATM VISA CARD and I have paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of the ATM Card To you, I paid it because the ATM Card worth of $3.500.000.00 u.s dollar's  which I have registered for deliver, has less than Seven days to expire in the custody of the UBA ATM CARD Department and when it expires, the money will go into Federal Government treasury account.

With that I decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card will not expire, because I trust that when you receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for helping you.

Now I want you to contact United Bank for Africa ATM VISA CARD Department at with your physical address you desire the delivery to be made so that they can deliver your ATM Card to your designated address without any delay, Your full information immediately you reconfirmed your full information as the following below.

Your Full Name:.............
Your Home Address:...........
Your Country/ City:...........
Your Age:......................
Your Sex:.......................
Your Direct Phone Number:........
Your ID copy:.....................

Like I stated earlier, the delivery charges has been paid by me but I did not pay their official keeping fees since they refused, they refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them and the demur rage might have increased, They told me that their keeping fees is $35 u.s dollar's per day only, and I deposited it.

Below is the Contact Information of the United Bank for Africa ATM VISA CARD Customer Service Director Mr. Patrick McDowell +22962388912, ATM VISA CARD Email Address online Contact them today to avoid increase of their keeping fees and let me know once you receive your ATM card.

Yours Sincerely,
BARRISTER MR. KELVIN F GIULIANO JR
Western Union

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