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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 Commercialbank <web_icb_ltd@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: International Commercialbank <icb.bankltd@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:43:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RE:YOUR ATM VISA CARD IS READY




 
Hello
Dear,
Greeting to your family YOUR ATM VISA CARD IS READY

I have been waiting for you since to contact me regarding you winning amount
of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United State Dollars) loaded on your ATM visa
card which we discussed. We are duly interred switched. Therefore you can make
withdrawal in any location of ATM Machine Center Cash point of your choice in
any part of the world and the maximum you can withdraw a day is $2,000 us
dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time. Then I went and deposited
the package ATM CARD with Express Courier company, Accra, Ghana as I traveled
out of the country for a short Course and I will not come back till end of
first quarter of the year 2012.What you have to do now is to contact the
Express Courier Security company as soon as possible to know when they will
deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the Clearance Certificate Fee neither
of the ATM CARD showing that it is not a drug Money nor to sponsor Terrorist
attack in your Country. The only money you will pay to the Courier Company to
deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is ($55)
only being their Security Keeping Fees of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don’t delay or be deceived by anybody not to contact the delivery
company immediately you receive my massage and you are to pay the sum of $55 us
dollars for their security keeping fee. I would have paid that but they said
no, because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of
demurrage. You have to contact the Express Courier Company manager for the
delivery of your ATM CARD package with this information bellow immediately.

HERE IS THE COURIER COMPANY INFORMATION'S.
COURIER NAME: EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY LTD
CONTACT PERSON: DR. JAMES KOJO GOODMAN.
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: ecp-ltdgh@qualityservice.com
Tel: + 233-241-927-182.

Finally make sure that you reconfirm your full name, your Postal address or
your home address and direct telephone number to them again to avoid any
mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable
you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this massage to
avoid any further delay and remember you are to pay them their Security keeping
fees of $55 for their immediate action.

As a matter of facts, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the ATM CARD
package of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United State Dollars) you must contact
them by indicating the code (2661428) so that they can find it and pick up
immediately as they have it in their record.

Yours sincerely
Dr. Josephine A. Baidoo
Acting Manager of International commercial Bank Limited, Ghana (I.C.B.)

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