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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 Douglas Honougbonji." <officefile73@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: atmcreditdepartment08@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 05:21:09 +0900
Subject: Attention Beneficiary:

Attention Beneficiary:

It is my pressure to inform you the new development we have towards your
success, Due to you’re effort sincerity courage and trust
worthiness you showed at the course of your transaction with some
government and claimed government officials. And based on the outcome of
the last meeting held with the Federal Government of this country and the
officials of the United Nation Organization, UNO and International
Monitoring Fund, IMF, we have been instructed to transfer your funds
through ATM MASTER CARD, This is to officially inform you that (ATM Master
Card Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB) has been accredited in your favour. Your
Personal I identification Number is (002X). The ATM Card Value is
(€5.700, 000.00) (Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand Euro). You are
advice to contact our affiliate ATM UNIT CENTER with the information
below.

The maximum you can withdraw in a day is €20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand
Euros)You are hereby advice to contact the ATM CARD UNIT CENTRE
DEPARTMENT.Bellow is the contact detail for you to contact ATM UNIT CENTRE
for your ATM MASTER CARD.

UBA BANK PLC.
Contact Person: MR Lawrence Okonji
E-mail: (atmcreditdepartment08@hotmail.com)
Phone: +229-98-63-22-70
Bellow is information they may need to send the ATM CARD to you.

FULL NAME:.........................
DELIVERY ADDRESS:..............
TELEPHONE NUMBER:..............
COUNTRY:..........................
OCCUPATION:.....................
SEX:.................................
AGE:...............................

Forward the needed information to the ATM UNIT CENTER
So that they will send you, your ATM CARD.

Regards, MR Douglas Honougbonji.
National Coordinator Foreign Payment.

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