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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: mikeeze39@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:40:39 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?DR=20MR=20GABRIEL=20PAUL=2E?=

Dearest.Sir/ Madam,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the money we have sufferring
since all this year moved under the co-operation of a new partner from Thiawan.Presently
i'm in Thiawan for investing my own part of the total money.
Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
moving the cash despite that both of us could not make it.


Now contact ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and their
email address is: (atmpaymentcentrebenin@yahoo.es)
Tel/229 93859939 () Contact Person REV.DR.EDDY OBIDIASO
Contact address: 01 BP 506 COTONOU BENIN.

Presently i'm in Thiawan for investing my own part of the total money .Meanwhile,i
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in moving the
cash despite that both of us could not make it.

(atmpaymentcentrebenin@yahoo.es) ask them to send you the sum of ( $1.5
million) in an ATM MASTER CARD which i kept for your compensation for all
the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in
touched with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and instruct them on where to send
your total share of the money to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy together after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, i am
very busy here investing with my new partner Remember that you are going
to pay a reactivation fee of $95.00 only and it is for the reactivation
of your card against it's expiry.


Finally, I have forwarded instruction to the DEPARTMENT to send the Confirmable
ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the FINANCIAL
BANK and they will send the CARD to you without any delay. DO FAST AND CONTACT
HEM IMMEDIETLY OK?

ask them to send you the sum of ( $1.5 million) in an ATM MASTER CARD which
i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist
me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in
touched with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and instruct them on where to send
your total share of the money to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy together after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, i am
very busy here investing with my new partner.

Remember that you are going to pay a reactivation fee of $95 only and it
is for the reactivation of your card against it's expiry.


Finally, I have forwarded instruction to the DEPARTMENT to send the Confirmable
ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the FINANCIAL
BANK and they will send the CARD to you without any delay. DO FAST AND CONTACT
HEM IMMEDIETLY OK?

Best mike eze,




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