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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: "david 0" <signature4@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: senatecommitteeonatmcard@walla.com
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:44:54 -0700
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY,


OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Email: senatecommitteeonatmcard@walla.com
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR
CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
PAYMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN
RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK TO SWAY THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. IT WILL BE IN
YOUR INTEREST TO STEER CLEAR FROM SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE
YOUR PAYMENT AS WE HAVE BEEN SADDLED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING A
SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH
OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION
FROM MR. PRESIDENT, URMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA(GCFR)FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
AND FBI.

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 TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR
FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE AFRIBANK NIGERIA PLC CARD
PAYMENT CENTER DR DAVID WILLIAMS ON HIS CONTACTS

EMAIL ADDRESS: senatecommitteeonatmcard@walla.com
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

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

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD 4.2 MILLION
AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS YEAR 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 BACK 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 THE 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.

Best Regards,

SEN.DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT.

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