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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: "ATM Cash Card Number" <info@atmcard.org>
Reply-To: deliveryunit_1@9.cn
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:54:44 -0400
Subject: URGENT CALL +234-7068026347

This is to officially inform you that your (ATM Cash Card Number
62805120033800XXXXX) has been accredited with your favor.Your Cash Card
Personal Identification Number is 8009XXX.The ATM Card Value is $1,000,000,00
Million USD. you are to provide your contact details and email it to the
Executive Secretary with the email as stated below. For the immediate
delivery
of your fund to your destination within the next 24hrs.Note that the only fee
you are to send to the Dhl Delivery Service is just $200usd for the
delivery.

Mr.Collins More.
Email: deliveryunit_1@9.cn
Phone: +234-7068026347

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