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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: "f.egwu5 Gazeta.pl" <f.egwu5@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:03:38 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY, YOUR ATM-CARD PAYMENT SUCCESSFUL!!!


Greetings to you & your Family.

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable bank
Draft of $1,200,000.00 United States Dollars But I did not hear from you
since that time,then i went and deposited the $1,200,000.00 United States
Dollars, draft/cheque in the bank.

We have arranged your payment through swift card payment center Asia
pacific, 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 One Thousand, Five Hundred United States Dollars Per-Day.

Kindly contact the below person who is in possition to release your ATM
Payment Card and Send your information which they will use to send the card
to you.

1) Your full name
2)Your home address were you them to send the atmcard
3)Current occupation
4)Age
5)Your current home telephone number/mobile phone number

However, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your
atm card.

Name: Dr.James Koffi
Directors ATM Payment oceanic bank plc (O B P)
Telephone.......(+229)- 93-80-78-62
Fax...................+229-3600637.
Email: (oceanic_atmcard1980@hotmail.com)

I have paid for the processing and delivery charges.the only money that your
are going to pay to them is only $98 dollars which they will use to obtain
the affidevit of onwership from the federal high court of Benin Republic.

this is the code of conduct which is(ATM-3433) so you have to indicate this
code when contacting the ATM DEPT CENTER IN OCEANIC BANK by using it as your
subject.Try to contact them as soon as possible to quicken the processing of
your card before your draft gets expired. You should also Let me know as
soon as you receive it from the bank ok.
Yours Faithful,

Mr FRANK EGWU.

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