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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: simeonjulius@freenet.de
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:11:20 +0200
Subject: Good day ,


Good day ,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and
pick your bank draft but did not hear from you since that time then i
went and deposited the $850.000, usd draft/cheque in the bank.We have
arranged your payment through swift card payment center Asia pacific,
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 One
Thousand, Five Hundred United States Dollars Per-Day.


Kindly contact the below person who is in possition to release your
ATM
Payment Card.
Send your information which they will use to send the
card to you.

1) Your full name
2)Your home address were you them to
send the atmcard
3)Current occupation
4)Age
5)Your current home
telephone number/mobile phone number
6)A Copy of your
identification
However, kindly contact the below person who is in
position to release
your atm card.
OCEANIC BANK PLC FOREIGN OPERATION
DIRECTOR.
DR REV. MIKE LARRY Director,
ATM Payment Department OCEANIC
BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC(OBB)
Phone number +229 93696020
Email:
(oceanic_bank_plcbenin012@yahoo.fr)


I have paid for the processing
and delivery charges.the only money that
your are going to pay to them
is only $103 dollars which they will use
to obtain the affidevit of
onwership from the federal high court of
Benin Republic.

Try to
contact them as soon as possible to quicken the processing of
your card
before your draft gets expired .
Let me know as soon as you receive
your card. Wait for your respond
and your Urgent Call.

Thanks
Simeon
Julius











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