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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: "International Payment Unit" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmunit@consultant.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:22:56 +0530
Subject: ATM MASTER CARD


INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT UNIT
BIRMINGHAM
UNITED KINGDOM

Good day,

I just want to inform you that I have deposited your ATM MASTER CARD of USD
$800,000,00 United state dollars to the payment release officer here in London,
due to I have waited enough to hear from you so that your payment funds will be transferred
through CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND (CBOE) here, but because of the late
response I now decide to deposit the ATM MASTER CARD with the Courier Services

Therefore I will advise you to fill the information below and forward it to the
delivery officer in charge for safe delivery

Name: Daniel
Email: atmunit@consultant.com
Phone: +44703197983

Your Name,
your full address,
phone number,
Age,
P.O.box


this payment has been made available to you by the United nations from the unpaid fund in the
united kingdom treasury which was released last year by World Bank for economic uplift.
NOTE: SEND YOUR DETAILS IMMEDIATELY TO THIS EMAIL:

Yours Truly
MADISON TYNE (Director IRD)
INTERNAL PAYMENT UNIT

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