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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: "Joseph Vaughn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josephvaughn@yandex.ru>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:40:32 -0400
Subject: You are lucky

REF: Congratulations lucky winner!!!

Your email address has been selected as one of the lucky winners in the second batch of the on-going INTERNATIONAL ATM award promo proudly sponsored and organized by AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM), London Branch. Therefore, you have been awarded the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds only (£1,500,000.00).

HOW DID YOU WIN?
Lucky winners do not have to purchase a ticket to participate in this lottery program, all email was selected from the Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active usage of the ATM CARD MACHINE®. Hence we do believe that with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronize to the ATM CARD MACHINE®.

Your ATM CARD (Containing won amount) will be delivered to you via our associate courier company to your address there in your country. You are hereby required to contact the ATM dispatch office with below details as soon as you receive this notification and avoid any means of delay in delivering your ATM CARD to you:

VERIFICATION FORM. (ASAP)
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(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Your Tel/Mobile Number:
(3) Your Nationality:
(4) Current Country:
(5) Your contact Address:
(6) Occupation:

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ATM CARD DISPATCH UNIT (CLAIM DEPARTMENT)
==============================================
Mr. Garry South.
E-mail: garrysouth@consultant.com
Tel: +44 704 578 5163.
==============================================

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Joseph Vaughn.

NOTE: To help us proceed with your claims you must keep away this information from public (Third party) to avoid unwarranted abuse of the program and unauthorized individuals claims.


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