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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "YOUR ATM Master Card." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officefile5050@ukr.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:55:17 -0700
Subject: Greetings

Greetings,

We are Diplomats that arrange for the safekeeping of special and
valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are
honest and trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms and
Governments of various countries as we have earned a name as service
provider whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are
revered.

International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world
have used our services to satisfaction. A benefactor whose identity
can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non
Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the
funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary of a package
containing some amount of money and stated clearly that you should
only be contacted when the time signed for it to be in our care
elapses, and the time has already elapsed that is why you are being
contacted.

The funds totals $5.5M (Five Million, five Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens,
or encumbrances and are clean, clear and of non-criminal origin and
are available. The fund has been approved for transfer by our bank and
is loaded in an ATM Premium Card. If you are interested and want to
receive the fund, get back to us with an address where you may want
the fund ATM Card sent to.

My client who is an Engr. work with shell Oil and Gas company here in London UK,
died as result of the Hurricane Katrina disaster of August, 2005.:
FOR MORE INFOMATION VISIT THE WEB SITE BELOW:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HurricaneKatrina

Congratulations in advance.
Dr. Fred Good, (Head,Operations)
For Hallmark Security And Finance
London UK

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