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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: "ebenizerwilliams05 Gazeta.pl" <ebenizerwilliams05@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 02:20:31 +0100
Subject: CONTACT OCEANIC BANK URGENT


Attention:Friend

Re: Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification
Your Name And Your Contact Details Was Given To This Office In Respect Of
Your Total inherited/Compensation Sum Owed To You Which You Have Failed To
Claim Because Of Either Non-Compliance Of Official Processes Or Because Of
Your Unbelief Of The Reality Of Your Genuine Payment.

We Wish To Bring To You The Solution To This Problem. Right Now we have
arranged Your Payment through Our Swift Card Payment Centre, That Is the
Latest Instruction from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
This Card Centre Will Send to You an ATM DEBIT Card Which You Will Use to
withdraw Your Money in Any ATM Machine in Any Part of the World, So If You
Like to Receive Your Fund in This Way, Please Let Us Know by Contacting Us
Back.
And Also Send The Following Information As Listed Below.

1. Full Name.
2. Phone and Fax Number.
3. Address Were you want us to send the ATM Card To.
4. P.O Box Not Acceptable.
5. Your Age and Current Occupation.
6. Attach Copy Of Your Identification.

We have been mandated by the ECOWAS Parliament to Issue Out $850.000 US
Dollars in your favour This fiscal 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 through your ATM card.
Note That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby Issued You Our Code Of Conduct,
Which Is (ATM-2116) So You Have To Indicate This Code When Contacting The
Card Centre By Using It As Your Subject. It will cost you only $195 for
shipment of the card to your doorstep. This cost includes insurance/ postage

of your ATM card.

AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IN OUR BANK WE WILL DIRECT
YOU
ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEND THE REQUIRED FEE FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH OF YOUR

ATM PAYMENT CARD? WE ARE GOING TO SEND TO YOU A SCAN COPY OF YOUR ATM CARD
Reply this email to our payment department of Oceanic Bank International
Plc,
Contact person: Dr. Philips Anthony +229 93-99-18-75
EMAIL: atmpaymentoceanibank_006@yahoo.fr

Thanks and good luck to you.
Secretary REV DR Ebenizer Williams

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