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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: "M. Halidi" <halidi@pertamina-up2.com>
Reply-To: lindahill@sify.com
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:33:20 +0700
Subject: ATM CARD DELIVERY ADDRESS


Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref:

This is to officially inform you that(ATM Card) has
been accredited in your favor.Your Personal Identification Number is 2900.
The ATM Card Value is $6.8MILLION USD. You are advice to contact Mrs Linda
Hill via Email:(lindahill8@mighty.co.za) with the following  information's
NOTE that you are to pay the delivery fee only
FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

Regards,
Senator Jone Lund




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