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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: central bank atm card <atm_hhhhhhhhh14@msn.com>
Reply-To: <atmcardpayment22.dept@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:31:26 +0000
Subject: ATM CARD NOTIFICATION



mm-atm_CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU
SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS - NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY
GOVERNOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE

From the desk of:
DR.Ahmad Jassim

Attention: beneficiary

This is to officially inform you
that we have verified your contract /inheritance file and found out 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.

Secondly
we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the
bank all your attempt to secure the release of the fund to you.

We wish
to advise you that such an illegal act like this have to stop if you wish to
receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your
problem.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD
PAYMENT CENTRE from Asia Pacific, that is the latest instruction from Mr.
President, (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.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 listedbelow:

1. Full name
2. Phone
and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to (p.o box
not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Your country
name

kindly find below the contact person:
Rev. Fr.Monsignor
Francis
Director, ATM payment department
email: atmcardpayment22.dept@gmail.com
Telephone number +2348038648805

The ATM card payment center was mandated to issue out
$8,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2009 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 here by issued you our code
of conduct, which is (ATM-711) 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,
Dr.Ahmad
Jassim
DEPUTY GOVERNOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR SURVEILLANCE

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