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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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Fraud email example:

From: williams45@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:51:59 +0100
Subject: CONTACT CENTRAL BANK FOR YOUR ATM CARD



Dear Good day,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and
pick your Bank Draft of $1.2million USDollars but did not heard from you
since that time then I went and deposited the Draft with CENTRAL BANK OF
WEST AFRICAN STATES in Benin Republic, because I travelled to Japan to
see my Boss and will not come back till next three3 mounts end.
I have
arranged with them to make your payment to you with their new ATM MASTER
CARD which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE around
the globe. You have to contact the CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
with your full contact informations such as follows.
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
IDENTIFICATIO
However, Kindly contact the below person who is in
position to release your ATM CARD.
REV FR. DAVID JOHN DIRECTOR,
ATM
PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
MOBILE: PHONE
+229 93421359.
EMAIL: ( atmpayment_department04@yahoo.es )
I have paid
for the processing.The only Money that your are going to payto them is
only one houndred and five $105.00 Dollars for the reactvation fee of
your ATM master card. Try to contact them as soon as possible, and send
them the fee soon to aneble the Bank send you your ATM card immedaitely
you they receive the fee. Let me know as soon as you receiveyour
Card.
THAKS.
Mr Williams Ben,

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