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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: "David Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kathypayoutatmcenter@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:56:41 -0000
Subject: ATMN

OUR REF:FRN/ATM/822
YOUR REF:CLAIMS/ATM/822

This is to officially inform you that(ATM Card Number 4278763100030014)has been accredited with your favor.Your Personal Identification Number is
822.You are to contact Mrs Kathy Sassi with the informations below via email(kathypayoutatmcenter@yahoo.com.hk)The ATM Card Value is $6.8MILLIONUSD.

Your are advised to provide us with the following information's;

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

Regards,


Mr David Mark

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