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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: "2007 ATM MASTER CARD CONTRACT PAYMENT"<05www@myway.com>
Reply-To: drpatrickdr007@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:02:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: IMMEDIATE ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONINTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENTCENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

IMMEDIATE ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION HONOURABLE BENEFICIARYTHIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT (NNPC) &amp; INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT

WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED TO PAY YOU THROUGH OUR SWIFT ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT , THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,UMARU MUSA YAR'RADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND EFCC ALSO INTERPOL AND FBI.THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND TO YOU AN ATM MASTER CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY.

YOU ARE ADVICE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. FULL NAME2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATIONHOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT OUR ATM PAYMENT SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT ON THEIR BELOW INFORMATION.

MRS.SUSAN EGOATM PAYMENT SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENTMOBILE: +234-806-583-8952EMAIL ADDRESS: mrssusanegoatmoffice@yahoo.esTHE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $9,300,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THE YEAR 2007.ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES OK.

EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (XXNNPC) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ABOVE OFFICE.REGARDS,DR. PATRICK AZIZACHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENTFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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