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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 Frank Edward (ESQ)" <Frank_edward700@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <oceanic.department55@w.cn>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:11:50 +0200
Subject: CONTACT OCEANIC BANK FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND NOW.

GOOD DAY,

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU SINCE TO COME DOWN HERE AND PICK YOUR BANK DRAFT BUT I DID NOT HEAR FROM YOU FOR LONG TIME THEN I WENT AND DEPOSITED THE $1.5MUSD BANK DRAFT OCEANIC BANK.

THE BANK HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER, THE SWIFT 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 IS($5000.00) FIVE THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER-DAY.

YOU HAVE TO RECONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION TO THE BANK,

YOUR FULL NAME...
RESIDENCE ADDRESS....
CURRENT PHONE NUMBER.....
A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
KINDLY SEND THIS INFORMATION TO THE PERSON IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM CARD.

NAME:DR, UBA JERRY
DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK BENIN REPUBLIC.
TEL: +229 9914-4661/+229-99113867

EMAIL:(oceanic.department55@w.cn)
THE ONLY MONEY THAT YOUR ARE GOING TO PAY TO THEM IS $150USD DOLLARS WHICH THEY WILL USE TO SECURE THE AFFIDAVIT OF OWNERSHIP FOR IMMEDIATE REACTIVATION AND DELIVERY OF THE CARD TO YOUR DOOR STEP.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS ISSUED TO YOU, WHICH IS (ATM-4555) SO MAKE SURE YOU INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

MY BEST REGARDS
MR.FRANK EDWARD

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