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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: <nortdavs58@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:46:39 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend.Good Day,




Dear Friend.Good Day,

How are you this is to inform you that your ATM card worth One Million Two Hundred Thousand dollars only($1.2M) has been credited in your favour to compensate you for your kind assistance for helping me in business transaction but i know you are willing to assist me but due to your condition or finance problem, you did not proceed further toward the finalization of the transaction. Meanwhile, i want to let you know that, i have finalized the transaction with the help of a partner from LONDON who assist me to transfer the fund out, for the investing of the fund with my new partner.

Now i am in LONDON, i will not have the asses or chance to be assessing my emails, so my advice to you, is to contact the ATM Card Office in Benin. Remark: Your personal identification is ATM 3900. so use this as the code so that they will know that you are the right owner of the ATM card. Note: Contact the verification Officer Mr.Solomon Peters through email address:(atm_desk@live.com), with the following information for proper verification and claim processing:

Full Name:..........
Delivery Address:..........
Country:..Occupation:...
Phone Number:......
Age:...sex:....
NOTE:- You are also required to send along a means of Identification which can be a scan copy of your Driver's License or International Passport for identification on delivery.

Best Regards
Mr Mark Nort.

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