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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: CHRIS WHITE <"chriswhite."@orion.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: CHRIS WHITE <atmdepartment069@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:49:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: MESSAGE FROM UBA BANK ATM DEPARTMENT

I'M Chris white, and am writing to inform you about your atm card we Found In Our Office Since few weeks That You Are The Owner Of The Atm Card which worth The Sum Of $10.500.000.00 Million Us Dollar and I'm very happy that we have finally contacted you after several attempts for the past few weeks.
mr john ben your delivery agent is presntley in J F kennedy International Airport, you are to confirem us the information below for the delivery.
1.your full name
2.country
3.city
4.home address
5.phone number

contact mr john ben your delivery agent on (281) 929-8110
Email atmdepartment069@yahoo.com

Your sincerely,
Mr Chris White.
From uba bank atm department

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