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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. Peter Derek" <lottoofficee1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Peter Derek" <et881827@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:01:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Contact Mr. Eric Thompson For Your ATM CARD

Good morning, I was shocked you stopped communicating me, I really can't understand your reason for doing so, but I am very happy now to inform you about my success in getting the fund out of the bank with the help of a staff working in the remittance office and also with the special assistance of a French business woman that catered for other logistics. However, I left the sum of $8.9M (Eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars Only) in an ATM cash withdrawal Card. This $8.9M is for you and it is purposely for your compensation for your little effort in this transaction. The ATM Card is a global payment card which is acceptable, workable and usable worldwide in making daily withdrawal of money from any ATM location. So you can be able to make withdrawals of money in any countries on daily basis.

I would have sent the ATM card to your address by myself, but I lack the time to do that now because I have to urgently meet up with my business colleagues in Russia. I will be heading to the airport as soon as I send you this email because I will be traveling out of my country to Russia where I shall continue with a petroleum business engagements. For your good, I left the ATM CARD with one Mr. Eric, now go on and contact him through his email address so that he can dispatch to you the ATM card at your contact address. Simply contact immediately so that he can send the ATM card to you. Below is the contact details:

Name: Mr. Eric Thompson
E-Mail: mrericthompson@mailbox.co.za
Telephone: +27 748 204 139

I will no longer be able to email you again.

Bye and best regards,
Mr. Peter Derek

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