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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: "atmcard822 Gazeta.pl" <atmcard822@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: atmcard822@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:35:33 -0700
Subject: (ATM-822)


OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT (CBN)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA .
DATE: 05/06/2008

VERY URGENT ATTENTION!!! DEAR: BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE THE INTERNATIONAL CREDIT
SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA HAS VERIFIED YOUR
CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED
YOUR PART PAYMENT OF $16 MILLION IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE
OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT FOR YOU NOT TO DEAL WITH THE NON
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK AND YOUR ENTIRE ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE
RELEASE OF YOUR FUND TO YOU WILL BE IN VANE. SO 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.

THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST
INSTRUCTION FROM MR. PRESIDENT. ALAHJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR)
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. AND EFCC CHAIRMAN MALLAM NUHU RIBADU,
WHICH WILL NOT INVOLVE ANY FRAUDULENT ACT OR MONEY LAUNDERING AND
BECAUSE THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA IS RUNNING FOR THE YEARLY PAYMENT
THAT'S WHY THE ORDER IS GIVEN,AS WELL AS THE INTERPOL AND FBI IN
CONJUNCTION WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SO YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BE
AFRAID
OFAND DUE THE PREVIOUS SCAM AND FRAUD ACT FROM IMPOSTERS IN OUR COUNTRY
WE HAVE MAPPED OUT THAT THIS CARD IS SENT TO YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS SO,
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 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR
FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER
OFFICER DR.TUNDE LEMO ON HIS,

EMAIL ADDRESS:atmcard822@gmail.com <ADDRESS%3Aatmcard822@gmail.com>
TELEPHONE/FAX LINE:+ 234-803-221-2524
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESSES WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT
$6,000,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2006/2007 PAYMENT
YEAR. 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, CALL AND EMAIL
ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ONANY 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.

REGARDS,

DR.TUNDE LEMO
DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT (CBN

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