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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: "mathew_attah Gazeta.pl" <mathew_attah@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 05:38:19 -0700
Subject: YOUR HSBC MASTER CARD PAYMENT IS READY(AMT-811)


OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL
OPERATION DEPARTMENT
45 GARKI AVENUE ABUJA-NIGERIA

ATTENTION : BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED
YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE FILE AND DISCOVERED REASONS
WHY YOU ARE YET TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. IT IS BECAUSE OF
IRREGULARITIES AND COMPLICATIONS DISCOVERED ON YOUR
PAYMENT FILE BY OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN RESPECT TO YOUR
CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH HAVE
JUST BEEN DULY RATIFIED.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL
DEALING WITH IMPOSTORS AND NON RECOMMENDED OFFICIALS IN
THE BANK. SUCH ACTS MUST STOP FOR SECURITY REASONS IF YOU
WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT.

SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR
PROBLEMS,RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH
OUR HSBC MASTER CARD PAYMENT CENTER ( UNDER RESERVE BANK
OPERATION ACT 2005 ), THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY
OUR PRESIDENT ALAHAJI UMAR YAR'ADUA MUSA (GCFR) FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

BELOW IS THE ARRANGEMENTS :

THE HSBC MASTER CARD CENTRE WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU
WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY FROM ANY ATM MACHINE IN
ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS
WAY PLEASE DO LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT
OFFICER ON EMAIL: okor_paul_atm811@sify.com


THIS HSBC MASTER CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE
OUT US $8.3 MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR 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 ATM PAYMENT.

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.

ALSO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO SWIFT CARD
OFFICER:

1 YOUR FULL NAME
2 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3 YOUR AGE
4 ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE CARD


FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER
COMMUNICATION WITH ANY UNAUTHORIZED OFFICER UNTIL YOU
RECEIVE THE ATM CARD.

NOTE: BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE
OF CONDUCT NUMBER WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO
INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM CARD PAYMENT
OFFICER.


BEST REGARDS

MATHEW ATTAH
FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
DIRECT NO: +234-702-810-1288

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