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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: "Metro Airport Shuttle Keeper." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <metairportshuttlekeeper@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:57:56 -0400
Subject: YOUR ATM IS PRESENTLY AT THE DETROIT METRO AIRPORT

DETROIT METRO AIRPORT
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Airport Shuttle Keeper

Sorry for the delay in this message, On Friday we were checking over some files and
packages in the office and we discover an ATM CARD which was address on your name,
Home address and email (I think it is a winning funds) I believe you can remember a dealing
that has to do with some cooperate body or individual about this said funds to be deliver to
you through an (ATM CARD) but I do not have idea why it was on hold at our Airport up-to-
date.

So we contacted the Authorities and they asked us to get in contact with Senator Harry Reid,
to get an approval to figure out what was in the package, After checking over the ATM CARD,
we discover a total sum of $10,000,000.00 ($10 Million USD) through the router figurative
machine who check on balance through the number on a ATM CARD, so we report back to
the Senator Harry Reid and we were asked to deliver the package to you from this office.
(Senator Harry Reid, Lloyd D. George Building, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 8016)
We need you to reconfirm your full name and Home address if show as it is on the package
we have here.

If you want it to be delivered to you immediately, it will cost you just $225 which is the
charges for the insurance certificate and delivery of the ATM CARD meanwhile your funds is
save with our securities service so please have that in mind. Below is the payment
information, payment should be made via money gram or western union and also send us
your address as well for the delivery so that it won’t be deliver to the wrong address and
someone else will receive a miracle he or she never worked so hard for to get.

NAME: BENNIE PEARSON
CITY: GRAND RAPIDS
STATE: MICHIGAN
COUNTRY: USA
Amount: $225

The information above is where the ATM CARD was stop at DETROIT METRO AIRPORT in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.

THIS MAIL IS NOT A SPAM OR SCAM MESSAGE, WE CAN DELIVER YOUR FUNDS TOMORROW
IF WE RECEIVED REPLY FROM YOU, I HAVE INCLUDED MY NAME AND MY SSN FOR YOU TO
KNOW I AM FOR REAL AND NOT A SCAM IF YOU NEED TO VERIFY ME, SO STOP DEALING WITH
ANY BODY IF YOU HAVE SOME SCAMMER YOU ARE DEALING WITH AND FOCUS ON GETTING
YOUR FUNDS HERE IN THE STATES, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO DISCLOSE THIS DEAL TO
NO ONE OR ELSE TERMINATION FROM THE HOUSE OF SENATE WILL PENETRATE ON YOUR
FUNDS DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO CONTACT ANOTHER PERSON TO
FINDOUT WHAT THIS IS, SO NO MISTAKE OF SUCH WILL BE TOLERATED.


CHARLES SWIDER
Supervisor Manager
MY SSN NUMBER: 226-86-5726
metairportshuttlekeeper@gmail.com
For: Airport Shuttle Keeper

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