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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 CONTROL UNIT" <info@nnet.com>
Reply-To: <atmcenter18@9.cn>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:52:33 -0700
Subject: Re: Your ATM CARD Is Ready For Delivery To Your Doorstep...

Attn:

I want to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations is "OK".
Therefore, we are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been
concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be
transparent.

However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number;
40000014521378890 has been approved and upgraded in your favour.

Meanwhile, your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us
the receipt of your ATM CARD. The ATM Card Value is $1.2 Million USD Only. You
are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$500 is permitted daily. And we
are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM
Center of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world. We have also
concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier service Company to
oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further delay.

I want to inform you that the agent responsible for the dispatching of the ATM
card to you will leave Nigeria to get to your country in 16 hours as soon as the
delivery fee of $200 has been received here in this office. Also the card will
be packaged as a parcel including the documents that will back you up as the
real owner of the said money.

Here are the parcel registration numbers (008672) this was the registration
numbers placed on the parcel take note of it. The name of the diplomatic agent
MR.PAUL SILAS, he is the diplomatic agent responsible for the DISPATCHING of
this PARCEL to you from Nigeria.

TAKE NOTE: The parcel was declared as OFFICIAL MATERIALS meant for special
delivery to you so do not disclose the content to anyone.

Even the diplomatic agent Mr. Paul Silas does not know the real contents of the
parcel, we did it for security purpose and safety of the funds contained in the
card to avoid anyone tampering with it until you have received it from the
diplomatic agent, take full note of these details and be informed that your
valid I.D card must be presented to the dispatchers before release will be done
to you to avoid wrong delivery.

Please kindly confirm to us the receipt of this email.

Treat as very urgent, as I also remind you once again that your ATM Card is
ready.Get in touch with Mr John Martins for more information

Email Address: atmcenter18@9.cn


Thanks and God Bless You

Best regards,
Mrs Modupe Johnson


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