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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: "OFFICE OF THE SENATE (NIG)" <mail.sen@mail.com>
Reply-To: inq.atm1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:38:49 +0930
Subject: OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT



(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref.

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

IT HAS COME TO THIS OFFFICE AND RECORDS NOTICE YOU ARE
STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR
ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. 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. RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM
MR.PRESIDENT, UMARU 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
LOCATED IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD , BUT THE MAXIMUM IS FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY (DAILY), SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE
YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER
MR CHARLES BROWN ON HIS EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
THERE IS LIMITED TIME IN COLLECTION OF ATM CARDS AFTER THIS
NOTIFICATION..

ADDRESS: inq.atm1@gmail.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 6.8MILLION 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 PAYMENT.FOR ORAL DISCUSSION,
EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE
OR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY 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 TO THEM AND AS YOUR ID NUIMBER FOR PROPER
IDENTIFICATION BY THEM..


YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME TO TAKE THIS ACTION UNLESS YOUR
CONTRACT PAYMENT WILL BE CANCELLED AND CONVERTED TO PUBLIC
FUNDS.



KINDEST REGARDS,
MR DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.
OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE

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