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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: ATM CARD CENTER <boabb_plc@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: visacard38@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:54:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I am Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde (New Chairman EFCC) Chairman From Efcc Investigation Office Benin writing to you from ATM MASTER CARD email address





                         
New competitors are emerging in the electronic transaction
switching and payment processing industry, initially monopolized by
Interswitch.The web site of the ATM MASTER
CARD defines a switch as a system that captures electronic financial
transactions from touch-points, applies rules, determines destinations,
delivers the transactions and gives appropriate feedback.

                   ATM
CENTERS
                                       
DESK OF MR.JOHN OBINNA
                                         
ADDRESS:NO.78 DEDROKPO AVENUE AKPAKPA
                                                
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
 
 
Attention; 


                                                                
Get to the
nearest ATM Machine in your
city


I am Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde (New
Chairman EFCC) Chairman From Efcc Investigation Office Benin writing to you
from ATM MASTER CARD  email address due i was invite for very serious
investigation regarding your funds.There Is Presently A Counter Claims On Your
Funds By One Rev.Jude Betsy, Who Is Presently Trying To Make Us Believe That
You Are Dead And Even Explained That You Entered Into An Agreement With Him,
To Help You In Receiving Your Fund And That Was My Reason Of Calling For
Confirmation.

According to the ATM MASTER CARD COMPANY manager they
have sent you several email regarding the issue but no response before they
contacted us to make final inquiring before releasing the funds to Rev.Jude
Betsy of ADDRESS:302 FOXRIDGE LANE, HUBERT, NC 28539 USA

We Shall
Proceed To Issue All ATM MASTER CARD Details To The Said Rev.Jude Betsy, If We
Do Not Hear From You Within The Next 5hours from now i so much waited for an
update if you were able to get the fee of $105 as was stated. Please let us
know that you are not dead by sending us the
requested fee by today so that
we can get things done by today without any further delay
again.

Mr.John Obinna
ATM
Centers




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