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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: mrjcw_13@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:03:31 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTENTION=20BENEFICIARY?=

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

YOUR FUND AS RETURN TO THIS MINISTRY.RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED THAT YOUR
MONEY (850,000.00USD) PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA
PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND 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 ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER
DAY. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THAT YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET US
KNOW BY CONTACTING THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT, DR AHMED
IBRAHIM DIRECTOR WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM MASTER CARD.

DR AHMED IBRAHIM DIRECTOR, ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT, STANDARD
TRUST BANK PLC.
MOBILE: +229 93 697 167
EMAIL:atmcardpayment.depftbank@yahoo.fr

THE ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $850,000.00.TO
YOU. YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S)
OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE
ATM MASTER CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT TO YOUR ATM MASTER CARD.

DO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THE ATM CARD.

REGARDS,

MRS GRACE C WILLIAM
DIRECT EMAIL:mrmrjcw@myway.com
SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY FINANCE BENIN REPUBLIC
ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER (ATM-0411)




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