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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.pauls" <test@eups.nalog.ru>
Reply-To: atmmachine339@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:32:17 +0100
Subject: Re:

I got my already programmed blank ATM card to withdraw a

maximum of $10,000 daily for 30 days. I am so happy about

this because i got mine last week and I have used it to get

$250,000. Mr. Paul is giving out the card just to help the

poor and needings though it is illegal but it is something nice

and she is not like other scam pretending to have the blank

ATM cards. And no one gets caught when using the card. get

yours from her. Just send her an email on

atmmachine339@gmail.com.

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