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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: "david foster" <davidfosterx20@beehive.org>
Reply-To: jamesmark2003@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:01:10 +0100
Subject: Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card


FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVID FOSTER
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.


Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card

Attn: Beneficiary,

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you,
your over due contract/inheritance fund which you could not complete the
process of the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitalized
Payment System. We have decided to pay your funds without any requested fee
but through (ATM Master Express Credit Card) This arrangement was
initiated/constituted by the World Bank and Paris Club,due to fruadelent
activities going on within the African Region.

The World Bank and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to
enable our contractors/inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without
any interfference. the ATM Master Express Credit Card was contracted and
powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE. Reconfirm the following information to us
for Security reason.

1)YOUR FULL NAME
2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4)YOUR PROFESSION
5)YOUR AGE

Upon the receipt of this mail we are going to load your fund into the Master
Express Credit Card and send a scan copy of the card to you before we will
proceed to despatch the card directly to your nominated home addresss so you
absolutely have nothing to worry about all we need is your Prompt Response
and Co-operation by Gods Grace we will have a successfull Transaction.

Contact the ATM CARD department

MR James Mark
Email To Contact : jamesmark2003@googlemail.com
TEL: +2348080823286
CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

BEST REGARDS,

MR DAVID FOSTER

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

CC:ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDS
CC:CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
CC:BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]
CC:ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA

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