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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: jimpeters18@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:31:24 +0100
Subject: COMTACT ATM PAYMENT CENTER IMMEDIATELY.


ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,

WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR INFORMENTION ROM MR.DAVID
MATHINS, NOW WE HAVE RRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($800,000,00) HUNDRED
UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER DEPT HERE IN OUR
BANK, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE
MAXIMUM IS ($2500) two THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER
DAY. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW
BY CONTACTING 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 NUMBER
.................................
4.YOUR AGE
.....................................
5.CURRENT OCCUPATION
.............................
6.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
.........................
HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO
IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
REV DR. WILLIAM ADAMS
DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK BENIN.
MOBILE: +229
93156635
EMAIL:world_atm_payment_centre3@yahoo.co.uk
THE ATM CARD
PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND 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 THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411)
SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM DEPT CENTER IN
THIS OCEANIC BANK BY USING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT.

REGARDS,
MR.VICTOR
EBEN,








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