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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: "MR. CHRISTABEL BROWN." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mraniigbezunu@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:48:23 -0800
Subject: CONTACT ATM DEPERTMENT

DEAR Friend,

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($4.5M) FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC,THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS THREE THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY DAY.

SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING ATM CARD DEPARTMENT CENTER FOR THE RELEASE YOUR ATM CARD TO YOU AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

YOUR FULL NAME.............................
YOUR ADDRESS...............................
YOUR COUNTRY...............................
YOUR AGE...................................
YOUR OCCUPATION............................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER.........................

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.

CONTACT PERSON:MR ANI IGBEZUNU,
DIRECTOR,ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
TEL: + 234 80230 39499
EMAIL: mraniigbezunu@yahoo.es


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS,WE HERE BY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,WHICH IS (ATM-8411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

REGARDS,
MR. CHRISTABEL BROWN.

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