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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: ASIA/NIG ATM CARD ALLOCATION <atmcardallocation@ng.com>
Reply-To: atmcard_68@live.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 06:01:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: ATTENTION YOUR ACCOUNTS PROBLEMS HAS BEEN
RESOLVE WITH ATM CARD


OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
GUAGUALADA-ABUJA, NIGERIA.
PHONE: +234 8057 1124 12
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB0708



THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT AWARD/INHERITANCE PAYMENT. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT
YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE-OFFICIALS IN THE BANK. YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU HAS PROVED ABORTIVE. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT, SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO
BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERALREPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FBI.THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATMCARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BUT THE MAXIMUM IS $20,000USD (TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER. PLEASE CONTACT THE CARD PAYMENT MONETARY DIRECTOR BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS:



CONTACT:MRS. MARY DAVIS
EMAIL ADDRESS:atmcard_68@live.com
PHONE NUMBER: +234 8037 4991 20



CONTACT HER WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. CONTACT ADDRESS (WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD)
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE.



THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $6.8 MILLION USD(SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) AS PART PAYMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2007/2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION,YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. FOR ORAL
DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME MRS. MARY DAVIS AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.


KINDEST REGARDS,
MR.DAVID MARK(SENATE PRESIDENT),
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

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