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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)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:05:10 +0100
Subject: Your Payment Have Been Approved !



Attention: Esteemed Beneficiary,


This is to officially inform you that WEST AFRICA FUND MONITORING UNIT wh=
ich was set up recently to effect all oustanding transfers have approved =
your payment which=C2=A0 have long been delayed=C2=A0=C2=A0 after strict =
verification of your file.

Your fund will be transferred=C2=A0 to you via ATM card which is cashable=
in any ATM machine or Bank anywhere in the world.

We hereby officially inform you that your ATM card number: 3774 2856 7847=
9006 worth US$1M (One Million U.S DOLLARS) has been credited in your fav=
or as the first part payment of your fund which have been delayed by some=
Bank officers who claim to be in position of your fund, in their effort=C2=
=A0 to extort money from you.

In the light of the above, Your personal identification is ATM- 7997.

Contact the verification officer/ Rev. Joseph Tabaku=C2=A0 on:

Rev. Joseph Tabaku
E-MAIL:=C2=A0=C2=A0 josephstabaku@gmail.com and=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 r=
evjoseph@wafmu.fr.tt

Send him the following informations of yours:

Full Names................
Delivery Address.........
Country..................
Occupation...............
Phone Number.............
Fax Number...............
Age......................
sex......................

You are hereby directed to stop any further communications with any perso=
n regarding this your over due payment excpet Rev. Joseph Tabaku. This is=
in order that you dont loose more money to imposters.

Yours Sincerely
Ms. Jane Mcfadden
(SECRETARY)
WEST AFRICA FUND MONITORING UNIT.(WAFMU)

=C2=A0

=C2=A0



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