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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <dr-j-w@live.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:08:10 +0000
Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION









CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA


TINUBU SQUARE VICTORIA
ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA


ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATIONOFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONINTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
ATTENTION HONORABLE BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACTINHERITANCE 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.
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,ALHAJI UMAR MUSA YAR'ADUA FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.AND EFCC NIGERIA.AS WELL THE INTERPOL AND FBI.
THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND TO 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 AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.YOUR NAME---------------2.PHONE--------------------3.ADDRESS----------4.OCCUPATION--------5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION----------------------- PLEASE CONTACT THIS VERY OFFICE BELOW FOR MORE INSTRUCTION AND DIRECTIVE ON TO RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD. DR.JAMES C. WILLIAMS DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENTE-mail dr.jcwilliams@hotmail.comDIRECTPHONE:+2347032788292
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE AT ($8,300,000.00) EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.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 INRECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR 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-Y2K8) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.


DR.J.C. WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT


















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