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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: "Mr. Thompson Blair" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carolinadino20000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 01:58:28 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT FILE REVIEW BY NEW PRESIDENT (Goodluck Jonathan)

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar.
Hoover Building Washington D.C

Congratulation.

The New Eleceted President (Goodluck) and Central Bank Governor, Dr. Lamido Sanusi, has approved your payment of $10.5M (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) via their ATM CARD payment system. The ATM CARD is designed to work on any Automated Teller Machine around the Globe. On no account must you send your banking details to any person or office, no matter the circumstance.

Confirm the following datas immediately

Your Names-

Direct telephone Numbers -

occupation -

Your Delivery address and

Any form of identification.

We have been assured that your payment will be released to you through the ATM CARD payment system which has been approved by the acting President, Goodluck Jonathan. make sure you confirm the required informations to the processing and legal
office via the informations

you find listed below..

Heads of Processing : Carolina Dino
Contact addresss : carolinadino20000@gmail.com
carolinadino@accountant.com

Contact Phone : 23480-8447-2113


Mr. Thompson Blair
HEAD OF INVESTIGATIONS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON DC
#206-201-2136

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