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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: Stephen Bakken <rita.henry1965@gmail.com>
Reply-To: centerdepartmentatmvisacard@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:56:49 -0800
Subject: THIS IS YOUR ATM VISA CARD.

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Attn:Dear Customer,

I have been planning on how to get things being in order to you.Right
now everything has been completed and this is to let you know that I
have finalized with the bank manager,to credit your ( $900,000.00USD )
to an ATM VISA CARD.So your inherited funds of ( $900,000.00USD ) has
been converted and credited to an ATM VISA CARD. This is to bring to
your notice that I have paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of
your ATM VISA CARD.

I paid it because the ATM Card worth of $900,000.00USD will expire
soon and when it expires, the whole money will go into Federal
Government treasury account in my country here,so because of that I
decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card fund will
not expire, and I’m convinced that when you receive your ATM VISA Card
that you must pay me back all my money and even compensate me for
helping you.

Now I want you to contact the ATM card office with your home /office
address that you prefer for the delivery to be made so that they can
deliver your ATM Visa Card to your designated address in your country
without any delay. Like I stated earlier,The delivery charges has been
paid but I did not pay their official keeping fees because they
refused. They refused,the reason is that they do not know when you are
going to contact them and the demurrage might have increased. They
told me that their keeping fees is $25 per day,while I deposited it
this week Monday.

Below is the Contact Information of the ATM office, Contact Person:
Mr. William Betha Office Email: (
centerdepartmentatmvisacard@gmail.com ) Phone number: +229-900-919-73
Contact them today to avoid increase of their keeping fees and let me
know once you receive your ATM Visa card.

Thanks and remain bless
Best Regards.
Mr Stephen Bakken

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