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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: sonia.peter@rediffmail.com
Reply-To: soniapeter19@yahoo.cn
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:38:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good Day!!,


Good Day!!,

MY NAME IS MISS SONIA PETER, I  HAVE ARRANGED YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF ($850,000.00) EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFITY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER  PACIFIC, 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 AMOUNT TO BE WITHDRAW EVERY DAY IS THIS TOTAL FUND IS $2500  PER DAY. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE CONTACT FINANCIAL BANK ATM PAYMENT CENTER DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW TO THEM.

YOUR FULL NAME;.......
YOUR ADDRESS:.........
YOUR COUNTRY:.........
YOUR AGE:.............
YOUR OCCUPATION:......
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:....

NOTE THAT IF YOU DID NOT SEND THE ABOVE INFORMATION COMPLETE, THE ATM PAYMENT CENTER  WILL NOT RELEASE THE ATM CARD TO YOU BECAUSE THEY HAS TO BE SURE THAT IT IS YOU, HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM CARD:

DR. PIUS NWAIGWE (DIRECTOR GENERAL),
ATM PAYMENT CENTRE
EMAIL: info.atmpaycenter@webmail.co.za
Private Email: dr.pius@rocketmail.com
TEL: +225 66458864.
 
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, I HEREBY ISSUED YOU THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM PAYMENT CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

 
REGARDS.
MISS SONIA PETER

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