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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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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:05:55 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR_PAYMENT_VIA_CBN-VISA_ATM_DEBIT_CARD.?=


Central Bank of Nigeria
Tinubu Square, Victoria Island,
Lagos - Nigeria
Office of the Deputy Governor
from the Desk of:
ALHAJI. MUSA USMAN

Attention: Beneficiary,

YOUR PAYMENT VIA CBN-VISA ATM DEBIT CARD.

This is to inform you about your email success in our computer balloting held on 1st september 2008. It was an internet draw by the combination of the International Monetary funds (IMF) and the Microsoft words. However, your email address was approved as one of the winners hence you are being contacted. This is a Millennium Scientific and a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

As a matter of fact, account normalization of your banking details has been delayed by International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Services Authority (UK). This has made it necessary for your payment to be programmed into CBN Visa Atm Debit Card. The total fund in question is $8,300,000.00 this is the first part of the Payment of which the balance will subsequently be paid into same account.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), working in relationship with United Bank For Africa and also Leeds Bank in London has concluded to issue you a VISA CARD with which you can access your Star prize /beneficiary amount$8,300,000.000 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 United States Dollars ($20,000.00) per day. So if you like to receive your fund in this way, please let us know by contacting the ATM payment department and also send the following information as listed below:

1. Full name and full country name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address where you want them to send the ATM card to (P.O box is not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation.
You are advice to contact the director of ATM CARD payment officer for more directives,

Rev.Steven Jones, Director, ATM payment department
Email address,contact_revstevejones55@yahoo.com

The ATM card payment center was mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2008 to you so bear with us. 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. Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-811) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by using it as your subject.

We anticipate your total compliance to this message immediately.

YOURS SINCERELY,
ALHAJI. MUSA USMAN
ASSISTANT DEPUTY GOVERNOR CBN


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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