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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: Rt Hon David Cameron <info@office.org>
Reply-To: mr.morganpeter@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:10:00 +0700
Subject: Our ref: ATM/13673/IDR



OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR CIVIL SERVICE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

Our ref: ATM/13673/IDR
Your ref:...
Date: 03-06-2011


YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

I am The Rt Hon David Cameron, Prime Minister British Government. This letter
is to officially inform you that (ATM Card Number 49001017783519042) has been
accredited with your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is 1742. The
VISA Card Value is 1,000,000.00(One Million Great British Pounds Sterling).

This office will send to you a Visa/ATM CARD that you will use to withdraw
your funds in any ATM MACHINE CENTER or Visa card outlet in the world with a
maximum of 5,000 Pounds daily. Further more,You will be required to re-confirm
the following information to enable our Agent begin the Delivery of your
VISA/ATM CARD.

(1)Full names:
(2)Address:
(3)Country:
(4)Nationality:
(5)Phone #:
(6)Age:
(7)Occupation:

Forward Reply To our Delivery Agent details below
Name: Mr Morgan Peter
E-mail: mr.morganpeter@gmail.com
phone #:+447045768755

TAKE NOTICE: That you are warned to stop further communications with any other
person(s) or office(s) different from the staff of the State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs to avoid hitches in receiving your payment.

Regards,

Rt Hon David Cameron
Prime Minister.

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