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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: "benin republic Frank Alex" <frankalex02@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 08:09:24 -0700
Subject: l have deposited the cheque with Oceanic Bank


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
Draft with Oceanic Bank pl c here in Benin Republic, because I travelled to
Japan to see my boss and will not come back till next two months ending. I
have arranged with them to make your payment to you with their new ATM
MASTER CARD $1.5million us dollars which you can use to withdraw your money
in any ATM MACHINE around the globe. You have to contact the Oceanic Bank
Plc with your full contact informations such as follows.

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

However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release YOUR
ATM CARD.

MR JOHN E. BROWN DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OCEANIC BANK PLC
MOBILE:+229-93-926991 EMAIL:(oceanickbank3@gmail.com)

Note.That it was agreed that you will send to them the sum of 185usd Only
for the processing of your master card. So Try to contact them and ask them
how you will send the $185 to receive your ATM card,please 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 A T M Card
$1.5million USA dollars.

Thanks
Mr Frank Alex.

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