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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: VISA CARD <officefile4581@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: kumortdon@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:40:26 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Contact VISA ATM CARD COMPANY IMMEDIATELY,YOUR CARD IS READY FOR CHRRISTMAS SHOPING




Attention Beneficiary:

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your fund transfer through OUR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER network,we
have credited your total $500,000.00USD legitimate Funds into an ATM MASTER CARD and I have paid the re-activation
fee and the delivery of the ATM Card To you,I paid it because the ATM Card worth of $500, 000.00 which I have
registered it deliver,has less than Seven days to expire in the custody of the ATM Company and when it expires,the money
will go into Federal Government treasury account.
 
With that I decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card will not expire, because I trust that when you
receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for helping you.
Now I want you to contact ATM MASTER CARD at {atmmaster.caard@live.com}
with your physical address you desire the delivery to be made so that they can Deliver your ATM Card to your designated
address without any delay.

Like I stated earlier,the delivery charges has been paid by me but I did not pay their official keeping fees since they
refused,they refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them and the demurrage might
have increased,They told me that their keeping fees is $68 per day only,and I deposited it today
 
Below is the Contact Information of the ATM MASTER CARD Customer Service Director Mr JOHN OBINNA,ATM MASTER
CARD Email Address online: {atmmaster.caard@live.com}
Contact them today to avoid increase of their keeping fees and let me know once you receive your ATM card.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr MARK JAMES

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