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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: Mansur Mauhtar <mansurmauhtar@att.net>
Reply-To: mansurmuhtar2@att.net
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:46:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear Honorable Beneficiary.........Reply Soon


Dear Honorable Beneficiary,

PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD.

This is to
officially inform you that we have verified your contract file presently on my
desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack
of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to
your contract payment.Secondly,
you are hereby advised to stop dealing with
some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop
if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the Board of
director's meeting held in Abuja, we have resolved in finding a solution to your
problem. We have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in
Europe, America, Africa and Asia Pacific; this is part of the mandate passed by
the Senate in respect to overseas contract payment and debt re-scheduling. And
also the  Nigerian Government is using this mean to rewards all the citizens of
the United states and all part of Europe including Asia, Australia, South
America, Canada, Antarctica e.t.c and all those who have lost their funds in
either scam, or an uncompleted business, or otherwise, You should know that if
you are interested to receive your ATM card which will be credited with
$5,000,000.00 united states dollars before it is been sent to you direct
to
your doorstep through the FedEx courier service, you will have to respond to me
with your full information’s, After your response you will be directed to the
FedEx shipping courier representative whose name is Mr. Edward Edward.

He
will send you your ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money via ATM
MACHINE in any part of the world, and the maximum daily limit is Fifteen
Thousand United States dollars ($15,000.00). And also note that the Nigerian
Government has taken care of the shipping fee of your ATM card, so if Mr. Edward
is requesting for another shipping fee, you will have to report him to me
immediately. When you receive your ATM card, you
have to alert me so that we
can give you process of how to activate and make use of your ATM CARD.

If
you like to receive your fund this way, kindly contact me with the following
information’s below.

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Full residential
address
(3) Phone and Fax Number
(4) Occupation.
(5) Personal
Identification. Driver’s license or International Passport.
(7) Age
(8)
Marital Status
(9) Sex

This message is supported by the Nigerian
Government.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Respectively

Dr.
Mansur Muhtar
Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance

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